Saia v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

SAMUEL, Judge.

This suit for maximum workmen’s compensation benefits was brought by a private police guard who claims he suffered a totally and permanently disabling back injury during the course and scope of his employment. The petition alleges that between 8 and 9 p. m. on June 2, 1964, while guarding a cargo of whiskey on the Galvez Street wharf in the City of New Orleans, plaintiff tripped over a pallet and fell ten feet to the concrete flooring with several whiskey cases falling on top of him. He also claims he is entitled to statutory penalties and attorney’s fees because his employer’s…