Gautreau v. Maryland Casualty Co.

This is a suit for compensation instituted by the plaintiff against the Maryland Casualty Company, compensation insurance carrier for Aluminum Ore Company, his former employer. He was employed as a guard or watchman and his duties required him to punch time clocks at various designated points about the plant which is situated north of the city of Baton Rouge. One of the clocks was located on the top of one of the tanks or stills and to get to and from it plaintiff was obliged to go up and come down a flight of stairs.

On October 8, 1944 while performing his services and descending the stairway…