Rigdon v. Southwestern Transportation Co.

DREW, Judge.

Plaintiff, Orie R. Rigdon, instituted this suit against the defendant, Southwestern Transportation Company, under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Law of the state of Louisiana, to recover compensation for total and permanent disability, for a period of 400 weeks at the rate of $17.06 per week.

On September 20, 1936, plaintiff was employed temporarily by the defendant for extra work, and he alleges in his petition that on September 23, 1936, four days from the time of his employment, he wrenched and strained his back while in the act of loading a tire on the truck of…