Womack v. Highway Const. Co.

Plaintiff claims compensation for temporary total disability and medical expenses under the workmen’s compensation statute (Act No. 20 of 1914, § 8, as amended by Act No. 242 of 1928), alleging that he was employed at a salary of $175 per month by the defendant to operate a drag-line excavating machine used by it at Bayou Goula, La., in ■the construction of a levee; that on May 12, 1930, about 3 o’clock in the afternoon, the gears of the machine broke; that while making the necessary repairs and lifting the heavy gears and the gear shield into position, he “strained his hack,” causing a…