Builders Transport, Inc. v. Jochum

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

Following a hearing on Jack Jochum’s complaint for workmen’s compensation *53benefits, the trial court entered an order finding that the employee was injured in a work-related accident while performing his duties for his employer, Builders Transport. Pursuant to this determination, the trial court determined the employee to be permanently and totally disabled.

Subsequently, the employer filed a motion for new trial, alleging that the employee had misrepresented to the employer his prior physical condition and who his prior employers were and that, as a consequence of…