Jones v. New Orleans Furniture Mfg. Co.

Plaintiff, a colored man, was injured on January 10th, 1941, when he was struck on the left eye by a piece of wood thrown out by a revolving saw which was being operated by him in the performance of his duties as an employee of New Orleans Furniture Manufacturing Company. As a result of the accident, he was temporarily disabled from performing work for a period of 13 weeks, for which he was compensated by his employer.

Long after his employer had ceased the payment of weekly compensation, plaintiff brought the present suit to recover additional compensation, claiming that the vision of his…