Brown v. Furr

This is an action for compensation in which plaintiff claims to have sustained an accidental injury on June 1, 1942, while employed by defendant on a construction job. Plaintiff seeks compensation for total permanent disability resulting from an injury to the Achilles tendon of his left leg.

This case was tried first on December 4, 1942, and a retrial was had on October 15, 1943. After the first trial judgment was rendered awarding plaintiff compensation at the rate of $13 per week for the period from date of the accident to date of March 4, 1943, on the ground that plaintiff had suffered a…