Fontenot v. Fontenot

LOTTINGER, Judge.

This case presents the perplexing question of the applicability of the provisions of our Workmen’s Compensation Statute to the operations of the small farmer.

There appears to be no dispute but that the plaintiff, Delson Fontenot, while in the employ of the defendant, Ulysse Fontenot, was injured on November 21, 1956 when a steel fragment flew from the sledge hammer or wedge he was using to split fence posts and lodged in his left eye. As a result of the accident the injured eye had to be re.moved and, as his right eye was already “blind” to all intents and purposes, the…