Guidry v. Swift Co.

DORE, Judge.

The plaintiffs sued the defendants, Swift & Co. and its compensation insurance carrier, under the Workmen’s Compensation Act of Louisiana, Act No. 20 of 1914, for the death of their unmarried minor son, who died on September 6, 1939, as a result of injuries sustained by him on the same day while in the employ of the defendant Swift & Co.

Plaintiffs aver that they were legally married and that decedent was their lawful son. After making the allegations to the effect that the decedent met his death accidentally while serving in the usual course of his employment, and that his weekly…