STARKS v. HARDWARE MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY

No. 11355.

231 So.2d 657 (1970)

Ollie STARKS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HARDWARE MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

February 3, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis Weinstein, Shreveport, for appellant-appellee, Ollie Starks, Jr.

Mayer & Smith, by Sam A. Smith, Shreveport, for North Louisiana Grocery Co. and Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

Bodenheimer & Jones, by G. M. Bodenheimer, Jr., Shreveport, for Shreveport Grain & Elevator Co. and Hardware Mutual Casualty Co.

Before BOLIN, PRICE and WILLIAMS, JJ.


WILLIAMS, Judge.

This is an action for workmen's compensation, penalties and attorney's fees. Plaintiff, Ollie Starks, Jr., age 39, suffered a heart attack or myocardial infarction, in the afternoon of December 22, 1967 while he was engaged in manual labor consisting of loading 25 pound sacks of meal at the mill of defendant Shreveport Grain and Elevator Company. Before this attack occurred, plaintiff was what is commonly called a moonlighter. He worked for Shreveport...

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