Castille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

TATE, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation proceeding. While at work on November 2, 1955, the plaintiff Castille was struck behind his left knee. This suit against his employer’s insurer is to claim compensa-, tion benefits allegedly due because of a residual disability resulting from the accident. After an extensive trial, the District Court dismissed the plaintiff’s suit on the ground that he had failed to bear his burden of proving that any condition residual from the accident was disabling beyond the period for which payments in lieu of compensation were received by him.

The evidence…