Rossey v. Lawrence
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Walter Byers Sommerville, Judge. Action by Eva Rossey, tutrix, and individually, against Lawrence & Hamilton and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Mrs. Eva Rossey, wife of Joseph Rossey, has a son, Anthony B. Camps, by a former marriage. This boy, then not quite 13 years of age, while working in the feedmill of defendants, slipped, and while falling threw out his arms, and his left hand was caught by an exposed cogwheel and was so crushed that amputation of the thumb and forefinger and portions of the second and third fingers became necessary. Mrs. Rossey, the mother, sued for $20,000 damages, $10,000 for Anthony, $5,000 for herself, and $5,000 as punitive and exemplary damages.
In substance, the original petition alleged; That Anthony…
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