Nelson v. Bateman Contracting Co.

Plaintiff instituted this suit under the Workmen’s Compensation Act of Louisiana-(Act No. 20 of 1914 as amended), to recover-. 65 per cent, of his weekly wages for a period; not to exceed four hundred weeks, with legal interest thereon, and for $150 medical bill. He alleged total permanent disability to perform labor of any reasonable character and-that his condition was due to an injury received in an accident that arose out of his employment and within the course of his employment.

The defense is that there was no accidental injury and that plaintiff’s present condition-is not due to an…