· 11/15/1901
Merchant v. Pine Woods Lumber Co.
Citations
- 107 La. 463
Syllabus
<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>1. The employer is not responsible in damages to a workman or to his legal representatives for injuries suffered from a danger that was plain and open to view and easily avoided with ordinary care, and that the workman was well acquainted with.</p> <p>2. The risk of injury from such a danger is assumed by the workman as incident to his employment.</p>
Judges: Provosty
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