Legal Opinion
Johnson v. W. L. Richeson & Sons, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 12, 1951No. 19628PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McBRIDE, Judge.
This is a suit brought under the workmen’s compensation law by Noel Johnson, colored, a freight handler, to recover compensation from his employer, W. L. Rich-eson & Sons, Inc., by whom he was employed on September 16,' 1948, on which date, during the course and scope of his employment, he met with an accident. The occurrence of the accident is admitted; plaintiff was engaged in moving barrels of asphalt, each weighing about 380 pounds, by handtruck on the wharf on the river front. At the time of the accident, rain was falling and the wharf was slippery; plaintiff slipped, his…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Stieffel v. Valentine Sugars, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Rylander v. T. Smith & Son, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
- Bolden v. Plant Line Stevedoring Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1936
- Mertz v. Von SchlemmerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1943
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