Huderston v. American Mut. Liability Co.

On November 16, 1940, the plaintiff suffered an accidental fall in the course and scope of his employment as a laborer by the Hardwood Lumber Company of Louisiana, in the Parish of Calcasieu. It appears that after his fall, he was referred to Dr. R.G. Holcombe, who examined him and treated him until about March 26, 1941, at which time he discharged the plaintiff as a malingerer. Dr. Holcombe testified that he examined the plaintiff on the day of the accident, November 16, 1940, and that at that time all he found wrong with him was that he had a 4-plus Wassermann, and accordingly he treated…