Bates v. Gulf States Utilities Company

HAMLIN, Justice:

In this workmen’s compensation proceeding, we exercised our supervisory jurisdiction (Art. VII, Sec. II, La.Const. of 1921) by directing certiorari to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, (249 La. 581, 187 So.2d 741), in order that we might review its judgment which affirmed the judgment of the trial court rejecting plaintiff’s demands for alleged total and permanent disability plus medical and incidental expenses. (186 So.2d 895)

The same issue — whether plaintiff received personal injuries by an accident arising out of and in the course and scope of his employment — presented…