Esthey v. Avondale Marine Ways

This is a suit for total disability under the compensation law. Whitney Esthey, a welder, brought suit against his employer, the Avondale Marine Ways, Inc., for $20 per week for a period of 400 weeks, plus $250, for medical expenses subject to a credit of certain payments admittedly received by him.

The defendant filed a plea of prescription which was referred to the merits. It then answered, admitting that the plaintiff was injured as alleged, but denied that he was totally disabled and averred that all compensation due him had been paid.

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