Matte v. Power Rig Drilling Co.

I respectfully disagree with my brothers of the majority.

This is a case situation where there were no witnesses to the accident. The plaintiff was the only one to testify as to the occurrence of the accident. We should be guided, therefore, by the general proposition set out in the jurisprudence that a workmen’s compensation claimant can prove the occurrence of an accident solely by his own testimony but only if there is nothing to discredit the claimant’s testimony and only if his testimony is corroborated by the surrounding circumstances. Guilbeaux v. Trinity Universal Ins. Co., La.App.,…