Perrin v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

SARTAIN, Judge.

On July 2, 1964, while working for defendant Haddad Construction Company plaintiff Elroy Perrin, a carpenter, lost the use of his left eye when a nail he was driving flew up and pierced that eye. Workmen’s compensation payments totaling $3,949.60 were paid to Perrin by his employer’s insurer, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company (Hartford) which also paid .$2,832.75 in medical expenses. When the payments were stopped, Perrin filed suit claiming total and permanent disability and also praying for penalties and attorney’s fees, alleging that the discontinuance of the payments…