Hibbard v. Blane

HAMITER, Judge.

Plaintiff became overbalanced while standing on a ladder performing carpentry work in a building at Tallulah, Louisiana, and fell a distance of approximately five feet to a concrete floor. Injuries were sustained by him as a result of this fall which occurred on the morning of November 12, 1936.

Compensation as for total and permanent disability, or at the rate of $20 per week for a period not exceeding 400 weeks, together with the sum of $250 as medical expenses, less a credit of 38 weekly compensation payments of $20 each previously paid, is claimed by plaintiff in this suit…