Horney v. Scott

HAM1TER, Judge.

In his petition plaintiff alleges, in substance, that on September 12, 1934, while acting in the scope of his employment as a laborer for the defendant, he received a rupture or hernia when raising a large bridge timber; that by reason of such injury he was rendered totally incapacitated to do work of any kind; that he was entitled, under the workmen’s compensation laws of Louisiana, to 65 per cent, of his wages during disability not to exceed 400 weeks; and that on or about January 8, 1935, a compromise lump-sum -settlement with defendant was entered into wherein he was paid…