HENRY v. WARE COTTON BATTING PLANT, ETC.

No. 21354.

117 So.2d 270 (1960)

Charley HENRY v. WARE COTTON BATTING PLANT OF F. BURKART MFG. CO., A DIVISION OF TEXTRON, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Orleans.

January 18, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman M. Schroeder, New Orleans, for plaintiff and appellant.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for defendant and appellee.


McBRIDE, Judge.

Charley Henry, a colored man 59 years of age, suffered injuries during the scope and course of his employment with the defendant as a sisal machine operator on December 5, 1957, when a heavy lid on the machine accidentally fell upon his right thumb crushing it at its base or just about where that member joins the hand.

Henry was paid compensation for a period of 20 weeks, during which time because of the injury he was incapable of returning...

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