Legal Opinion
Vignaul v. Howze
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 5, 1933No. 1231PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELLIOTT, Judge.
Richard Vignaul alleges that while employed by James B. Howze, a contractor engaged in the business of digging trenches and ditches, which, it appears, was part of the construction work being done in building a highway from Covington to Slidell, he was struck in the eye by a root, which he was digging or pulling up, and the injury resulted in the total loss of his left eye and the impairment of the sight of his right eye to the extent that he has been practically permanently blinded in both eyes. The injury is alleged to have been sustained on or about October 11, 1931.
That he…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Knispel v. Gulf States Utilities Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1932
- Brown v. Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1930
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Rochell v. Shreveport Grain & Elevator Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1939
- Citizen v. Theodore Daigle and Bro., Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
- Franklin v. J. P. Floria & Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1935
- Stallcup v. Carolina Wood Turning Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1940