Rosa v. Travelers of Hartford Insurance Co.

REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Samuel Rosa, instituted this suit against the defendant, Travelers Insurance Company, the insurer of Delta Engineering Corporation, endeavoring to recover maximum compensation emanating from a permanently disabling back injury, incurred on February 27, 1960, while he and a co-worker were engaged in lifting a heavy length of pipe. Plaintiff asserted that this accident aggravated a pre-exist-ing spondylolysis, a congenital back defect, and in conclusion he requested the imposition of statutory penalties and attorney’s fees.

The defendant answered and admitted the injury;…