Prothro v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.

GLADNEY, Judge.

Plaintiff brought this action to recover workmen’s compensation, with penalties and attorney’s fees, as provided for in LSA-R.S. 23:1201.2, for disability allegedly incurred in an employment accident on October 15, 1958, at which time he was working as a carpenter for W. T. Keeling. The employer and his compensation insurer, Lumbermen’s Mutual Casualty Company, are made defendants herein. The case was put at issue by answer, tried, and judgment rendered rejecting plaintiff’s demands.

The issues presented are principally factual and require evaluation of the evidence relating to…