Legal Opinion
Legendre v. J. Ray McDermott & Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 1, 1964No. 6139PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ELLIS, Judge.
The plaintiff brought this action against his employer, J. Ray McDermott and Company, Inc., and against his employer’s work-mens compensation insurance carrier, The Travelers Insurance Company, seeking to recover for total and permanent disability. The plaintiff’s petition alleges that on February 9, 1960 while working as a welder in his employer’s fabrication plant and shipyard at Morgan City, he was struck across the back by a steel beam which was being handled by a derrick, causing physical injury and precipitating a traumatic neurosis. For six months after the accident…
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