Hanover Insurance Company v. Johnson

WILSON, Justice.

Plaintiff recovered judgment for total and permanent incapacity under a jury verdict.

He thus described his claimed injury: he was bending, stooping or squatting to paint a water tank on his employer’s premises in the course of his employment, when “a fellow that works next door” for another employer passed behind him and spoke. “We had these machines going on at the time,” he said. “I turned around to see what he wanted, and the pain went plumb through here down through my leg.” He testified he felt a pull in his left leg “and this part of it back here was paralyzed. I didn’t…