DESHOTELS v. HOUSTON CONTRACTING COMPANY

No. 1958.

196 So.2d 855 (1967)

Harry DESHOTELS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HOUSTON CONTRACTING COMPANY et al., Defendants and Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 12, 1967.

Writ Refused May 19, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grenese R. Jackson, Jennings, for plaintiff-appellant.

Normann & Normann, by David R. Normann, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before TATE, FRUGÉ and CULPEPPER, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

The plaintiff, Harry Deshotels, seeks workmen's compensation benefits for disabling blindness allegedly resulting from a nose injury received in the course of his employment by the defendant, Houston Contracting Company. From an adverse judgment, plaintiff appeals.

The issue on appeal is whether plaintiff sustained his burden of proving the loss of vision resulted from the nose injury.

Plaintiff was a member of a crew laying a pipeline...

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