Rylander v. T. Smith & Sons, Inc.

This is a suit for compensation. The plaintiff, a longshoreman, was injured under circumstances admittedly entitling him to compensation. The contention in the case involves the length of time for which compensation is due and the amount. There was judgment below awarding plaintiff $20 a week from April 14,1932, to July 14,1932. Defendant has appealed, contending that plaintiff’s disability began on the 14th of April and ended on the 16th of May, and that the amount to be allowed him should be the result of an average of his earnings extending over a certain period of time, rather than the…