Burns v. Industrial Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Allen; Winston Overton, Judge. Action by Shelby D. Bums against the Industrial Lumber Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Plaintiff’s function at the sawmill of the defendant company was to attend to certain levers on the log carriage. The floor space where he stood was covered with old rubber belting, and underneath this covering several boltheads stood out an inch and a half from the floor, whereby the surface was made very uneven and rough. Along this- space plaintiff would have to take a step or two sometimes. In doing so he *635stumbled on the rough floor, and got his foot caught in the machinery, with the result that he had to undergo successive operations, by which pne toe and then another was amputated and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Christy v. Tremont Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
3Cited by1 opinion
- Fradger v. Shaffer-Stein Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1954