Rawls v. Dixie Drilling Co.

If the majority opinion stands, a permanently disabled workingman will be denied workmen’s compensation benefits, finally and for all time, just because the majority has arbitrarily concluded the workingman should have proved his case beyond a reasonable doubt, not merely by the preponderance of the evidence.

One could not glean from the majority opinion any reason why a conscientious and experienced trial judge not only held the plaintiff to. be permanently and totally disabled, but why he further assessed penalties against the defendant insurer for arbitrary failure to pay compensation for…