RIVERS v. VANCOUVER PLYWOOD COMPANY, INC.

No. 4208.

280 So.2d 283 (1973)

Douglas R. RIVERS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. VANCOUVER PLYWOOD COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Defendant and Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 29, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Godfrey & O'Neal, by Hodge O'Neal, III, Many, for plaintiff-appellant.

Smitherman, Smitherman, Lunn & Hussey, by Merritt B. Chastain, Jr., Shreveport, for defendant-appellee.

Before SAVOY, HOOD and CULPEPPER, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

Plaintiff seeks workmen's compensation benefits for total and permanent disability resulting from a hernia. The district judge found plaintiff failed to prove the hernia was caused by an accident in the course and scope of his employment. Plaintiff appealed.

The decisive issue is whether plaintiff proved the accident.

Plaintiff was employed as a common laborer by the defendant, Vancouver Plywood Company, Inc. He alleges that during...

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