Porter v. Alfred S. Amer Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. Action by Liattah Porter against the Alfred S. Amer Company, Limited, for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Judgment for plaintiff for compensation for $4.34 per week for 145 weeks, which amount was refused, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, C. J.
Plaintiff was employed by defendant to operate an elevator, at the agreed compensation of $35 per month, and, about ten days later, whilst she was engaged in the discharge of that function, the elevator, by reason of some defect, dropped to the ground floor and then suddenly ascended, and, in its ascent, caught plaintiff’s feet between it and the wall of the shaft, and so injured them that it became necessary to amputate the right foot below the ankle, “leaving nothing” (according to the surgeon called .by plaintiff) “but the flap of the heel,” the…
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