Legal Opinion

Blythe v. J. H. Askew & Union Indemnity Co.

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided June 23, 1925No. 2300Published

1Opinion

ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING

I

CARVER, J.

Defendant’s able counsel urge that Subsection (e) of Section 8 of the Compensation Act should apply.

*418It seems clear to us that it cannot.

This subsection begins: “In cases not falling within any of the provisions already made,” etc.

We think the case does fall within a previous provision of the statute.

II

Counsel also urge that as Doctor Slicer estimated the injury to plaintiff’s foot at twenty-five per cent and as total loss of a foot is only sjxty per cent of wages for 125 weeks, a construction which gives the plaintiff compensation for 300 weeks makes the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Dennis v. HuberSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
  2. Sweeney v. Black River Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922

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