Culverhouse v. Travelers Insurance Co.

MARVIN, Judge.

Plaintiff-employee appeals from a judgment rejecting his demands in a workmen’s compensation suit. We affirm.

The question presented is whether plaintiff met the burden of proving an accidental injury during the course and scope of his employment and causal connection between the alleged accident and the ruptured intervertebral disc resulting in the disability. This is essentially a question of fact. See Crump v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 325 So.2d 373 (La.App. 2d Cir. 1976).

Plaintiff contends the accident occurred on January 31, 1974, when he strained himself while lifting and…