Bourgeois v. Union Bridge & Construction Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; H. C. Cage, Judge. Suit by Paul Bourgeois against the Union Bridge & Construction Company under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, in which the trial court found for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
This suit is under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Laws 1914, No. 20) for total disability to do any work whatever. The trial court found for plaintiff. Defendant has filed in this court affidavits showing that 20 days after the signing of the judgment herein, which judgment is predicated upon the total incapacity of the plaintiff to do any work whatever, and 22 days after plaintiff had so sworn on the trial of the case, plaintiff secured employment at higher wages than he was earning before his injury, mid has since then been earning these higher wages. Defendant asks that, in the event this…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- PYE v. Southwestern Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Maleby v. Gulf Refining Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1924