Guillory v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance

McCALEB, Justice.

This is a suit for workmen’s compensation. Plaintiff, a 48 year old Negro common laborer, suffered an ankle injury on July 9, 1956 while working for defendant’s insured, Oscar Sylvester, Jr., when a jack which was being used to lift a house slipped and fell against his left ankle. Immediately after the accident, plaintiff was taken to the office of Dr. C. J. Aswell of Ville Platte, Louisiana where the injured ankle was examined, an Ace bandage applied thereon and plaintiff sent home for bed rest. On July 12th he was still complaining of pain, so the doctor instructed him to…