Waggener v. Forcum-James Co.

DORE, Judge.

This is a suit under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, based substantially on the allegations that plaintiff, on March 24, 1937, in the course of his employment by the For-cum-James Company, engaged in painting an overpass at Greenwood, Louisiana, was accidentally struck a severe blow in the region of the right groin by a ladder which he and two fellow employees were lifting into position; that the accident caused the development of a large right inguinal hernia and an enlargement of the lower pole of the epididymus; that although the injury was painful, forcing him to lie down for…