Thibodeaux v. W. Horace Williams Co.

This is a suit wherein plaintiff seeks to recover of W. Horace Williams Company and its insurance carrier compensation under the provisions of Act 20 of 1914, as amended, at the rate of $20 per week for a period not exceeding 400 weeks, subject to a credit of $600, being thirty weeks' compensation previously paid.

Plaintiff alleges that on and for some time prior to March 8, 1941, he was employed by W. Horace Williams Company, hereinafter referred to as defendant company, in the capacity of Diesel mechanic and foreman in charge of the thirteen or fourteen wells that supplied water used in the…