GRADNEY v. VANCOUVER PLYWOOD CO., INC.

No. 54478.

299 So.2d 347 (1974)

Curley GRADNEY v. VANCOUVER PLYWOOD CO., INC.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

August 30, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Morgan, Baggett, Hawsey, McClain & Morgan, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-applicant.

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


SANDERS, Chief Justice.

The issue in this workmen's compensation suit is whether the employee has a compensable disability. The Court of Appeal rejected the demand. We reverse, reinstating the judgment of the trial court.

On July 19, 1971, Curley Gradney, a laborer, sustained a bilateral hernia in the course of his employment, while straining to bind lumber on a railway car. His employer, Vancouver Plywood Company, Inc., paid him compensation from the date...

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