Dillon v. Lloyd's of London

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

On May 7, 1958, Oscar Dillon, an indigent and illiterate Negro, while working in the sawmill of defendant lumber company at Amite, Louisiana, was injured when three of the fingers of his right hand were crushed in gear machinery. He claims total and permanent disability under the Louisiana Workmen’s Compensation Act.1 The defendants, admitting coverage under the Act for the employment and the accident, deny total disability and offer the amount provided for partial loss of fingers.2

Immediately following the accident, a company doctor amputated the first two…