Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Jordan

I am unable to agree with the majority opinion or the reasoning on which it is based.

The facts involved are not in dispute. Very briefly they are: Claimant, an employee of Dickmann-Farnsworth Contractors, was injured while working in Crossett on March 4, 1955; Promptly, the carrier started paying claimant for temporary total disability; The last of such payments was made August 16, 1955. Later claimant filed suit in a District Court of Louisiana for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act of that State. That suit was dismissed on May 2, 1957 because the Louisiana Court had no…