Stanford v. Long & Wolfe’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 6 state decisions

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1. “"We note that Dr. Tisdale had plaintiff under observation longer than any of the other physicians, and that he testified as a witness called by the plaintiff himself. His testimony is to the effect that the operation performed by him was entirely satisfactory and that the plaintiff should be capable of performing his former duties except for subjective symptoms. The subjective symptoms, of course, are the statements of the plaintiff himself which relate to the pain in his foot and which he says makes him afraid to put his weight on it. The preponderance of all the medical testimony, including that of Dr. Tisdale, is that there are no objective signs or symptoms to indicate that plaintiff cannot use his foot in the usual and normal condition that any person would and our impression of the conclusion reached on that point is that he does not so use it because he wills not to do so. Some of the doctors state that he may experience some sort of fear of pain which apparently they cannot account for. Whilst the compensation law will permit an injured employee to recover for an injury which produced traumatic hysteria, as was held by this court in the case of Vaughn v. Solvay Process Co., [La.App.] 176 So. 241 , the evidence should be more convincing than it is in this case; that there should be a sound cause and good reason for the mental condition which superinduces a fear of pain in the individual strong enough to render him totally disabled. No such cause or reason is shown to e”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 69 So. 2d 147 - Mouton v. Gulf States Utilities Co.

2. “* * * there should be a sound cause and good reason for the mental condition which superinduces a fear of pain in the individual strong enough to render him totally disabled.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 9 So. 2d 60 - Porter v. W. Horace Williams Co.