Dolhonde v. Gullett Gin Co.

Plaintiff brought this suit to recover compensation for total and permanent disability at the maximum rate of $20 per week for a period not exceeding 400 weeks, plus medical expenses in the sum of $600. He claims that his disability resulted from a hernia which he sustained on February 5, 1944, while he was working in a metal room at defendant's plant; that he struck or bumped into the bar of an elbow machine where he was working and hurt his right side which caused a hernia. The only question involved in the case seems to be whether or not plaintiff had an accident as he claims which caused…