SHUFF v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 339.

134 So.2d 707 (1961)

Dudley SHUFF, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 1961.

Certiorari Denied January 15, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacque B. Pucheu, Eunice, for plaintiff-appellant.

Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Donohoe, by James E. Diaz, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.

Before FRUGÉ, HOOD and CULPEPPER, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is a suit for workmen's compensation. Plaintiff, a 24 year old white man, while engaged in his employment as a common laborer for Hub City Contractors, Inc., suffered an injury to his back while using an ax to nail heavy timbers in a "board road" on February 20, 1960.

After trial on the merits, the lower court awarded plaintiff compensation at the rate of $35 per week from February 22, 1960 through January 12, 1961, subject to a credit...

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