Piske v. Brooklyn Cooperage Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. K. Skinner, Judge. Action by Mrs. Annie Piske, widow of August W. Piske, against the Brooklyn Cooperage Company for compensation under the Employers’ Liability Act.
1Opinion of the CourtLeche, J.
Mrs. Annie Piske, widow of August W. Piske, seeks compensation under the Employers’ Liability Act for herself and three minor children, issue of her marriage with her said deceased husband. August W. Piske had been in the employ of the Brooklyn Cooperage Company for several years, and on May 23, 1916, at about 2:30 o’clock in the afternoon, he temporarily left his work, went out of the building in which his occupation required him to be, and was found, by his cries for help, with his right leg pinned under the wheel of a box car, some 40 feet from the building. He was extricated from his…
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