Brown v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Edward Brown instituted this suit against Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, workmen’s compensation insurer of his employer, Melvin W. Mathes, owner and operator of a bookbindery under the name of John E. Mathes. Plaintiff prayed for compensation at the rate of $35 a week from November 18, 1955, for an alleged total and permanent disability, less credit for compensation already paid. 1 The lower court denied recovery, and the Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment. See 109 So.2d 811. This court granted certiorari.

It is conceded that the bookbindery business is hazardous…