Ray v. International Paper Co.

HARDY, Judge.

This is a compensation claim in which plaintiff alleged permanent total disability and sought an award of $30 per week for 400 weeks. After trial there was judgment rejecting plaintiff’s demands, from which he prosecutes this appeal.

The facts involved appear to be well established with little, if any, dispute. Plaintiff was employed as a roll finisher by defendant at a weekly wage of approximately $52. Plaintiff was a diabetic and had suffered from this disease for a period of some thirteen years prior to the injury hereinafter related. According to the medical testimony…