Legal Opinion
Higgs v. Monroe
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 4, 1955No. 8255PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AYRES, Judge.
In this workmen’s compensation suit plaintiff seeks recovery of compensation at the rate of $26 per week as for total disability and for the duration thereof, not exceeding 400 weeks, less $234 previously paid, resulting from an alleged inguinal hernia claimed to have been sustained July *55616, 1953, while cutting pulpwood. The defense is that plaintiff does not actually have a hernia and is, therefore, not entitled to recover. The issue is, therefore, one of fact. From a judgment of the district court in plaintiff’s favor, defendants have appealed.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Driggers v. Coal Operators Casualty Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1954
- Franks v. Department of Highways for LouisianaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1949
- Johnson v. Hillyer, Deutsch, Edwards, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1939
- Powell v. American Employers Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1943
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Wilson v. Standard Accident InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1957
- Dowden v. State ex rel. Department of HighwaysLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955
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