Spears v. Glasscock Drilling, Inc.

PETERS, Judge ad hoc.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding plaintiff the sum of $49.00 per week in Workmen’s Compensation benefits for a period of 500 weeks for total and permanent disability. This judgment also ordered the defendants to pay all reasonable and necessary medical expenses incurred by the plaintiff in connection with his injuries up to the statutory maximum. Defendants find no error in the judgment insofar as it pertains to medical expenses but contend that the trial court committed manifest error in finding that the plaintiff’s accident left him permanently disabled.

Plainti…