Mascarenas v. Kennedy

NOBLE, Justice.

J. L. Kennedy, the employer, and Peerless Insurance Company, his insurance carrier, appellants, have appealed from a judgment awarding claimant, Pedro Mascarenas, appellee, total permanent workmen’s compensation benefits with a ten per cent penalty increase because of the employer’s failure to furnish a safety device.

Appellants attack the court’s findings and conclusions and, in turn, the judgment upon the ground that the trial court applied an erroneous principle of law in arriving at its findings of fact and conclusions of law, as is evidenced by conclusion 6(a), which reads:

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