Manshack v. Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Co. of Wisconsin

FRUGÉ, Judge.

Plaintiff brought suit in the lower court seeking compensation benefits for total and permanent disability allegedly resulting from an accident he sustained while in the employ of Smackover Drilling Company. The trial judge found that the plaintiff was disabled and rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff and against Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Smackover’s insurer and the appellant herein.

The plaintiff sustained an injury to his lower back while lifting a piece, of heavy machinery during the course of his employment as a roughneck on an oil rig…