Yarbrough v. Swift & Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court,. Parish of Caddo; Thomas Fletcher Bell, Judge. Action by H. C. Yarbrough against Swift & Co., Limited. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Plaintiff instituted this suit to recover $7,500 for personal injury received in a fall while at work for the defendant company.
At the time of the accident he was em*345.ployed as receiving clerk. He avers that, among other duties, he was assigned to operate the elevator; that he went to the -elevator to lower it from the top floor of the building, and immediately after he stepped into it it fell to the ground, a distance he .avers of 45 feet; that it was in the fall that his back was badly sprained or wrenched; ■that his injury is permanent. He avers that the elevator fell because of the giving…
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