Pellican v. Ashy Construction Co.

HOOD, Judge.

This is a suit for workmen’s compensation benefits in which plaintiff alleges that he is totally and permanently disabled as the result of a leg injury sustained by him while employed by defendant. At the trial of the case, counsel for both parties stipulated that the only question presented was “whether or not this man was disabled as the result of an injury, and the length, extent and duration.” The trial judge rendered judgment in favor of defendant dismissing plaintiff’s suit, and plaintiff has appealed from that judgment.

The evidence establishes that on April 15, 1958, during…