Loveless v. Thos. W. Hooley & Sons

JOHNSON, Judge.

This plaintiff was an employee of Thomas W. Hooley & Sons on June 24, 1957, when he claims to have had an accident on the job. He sued the defendant to recover maximum workmen’s compensation, alleging permanent, total disability to have resulted from said accident. The Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans rendered judgment after trial dismissing plaintiff’s suit and plaintiff has appealed.

The evidence in this case discloses that plaintiff has had quite an erratic history as to job changes, accident proneness, compensation claims and compromise settlements. There is…