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BOONE v. EMPLOYERS MUTUAL LIABILITY INS. CO. OF WIS.

Civ. A. No. 5986.

152 F.Supp. 41 (1957)

John D. BOONE, Plaintiff, v. EMPLOYERS MUTUAL LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF WISCONSIN, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

June 7, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byrnes & Wallace, Bentley G. Byrnes, New Orleans, La., H. H. Richardson, Bogalusa, La., for plaintiff.

Bienvenu & Culver, P. A. Bienvenu, New Orleans, La., for defendant.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

Plaintiff claims that while working as a shaper in the sawmill or woodworking plant operated by defendant's assured, the J. S. Harrison Wood Products Company, he contracted the occupational disease known as "pneumoconiosis" which is compensable under the Louisiana Compensation Act. LSA-R.S. 23:1031.1, subd. A(6).

The evidence shows that the Harrison plant was a sweatshop of the...

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