Sumrall v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours Co.

This is a suit for workman's compensation, wherein plaintiff alleges that while performing his duties as carpenter for the defendant company, on October 14, 1938, he met with an accident which resulted in an injury to his back. He claims that as a result of said injury he is permanently disabled from performing carpentry work, the kind of work for which he is fitted by experience and training and which he was doing at the time of his injury. He prays for compensation at the maximum rate of $20 per week for a period not to exceed 400 weeks, and for the sum of $250 for medical expenses.

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