Diggins v. Salley & Ellis

TALIAFERRO, Judge.

Plaintiff’s hack was injured on July 27, 1939, while working for defendants, Sal-ley & Ellis, a copartnership, when the movable scaffold, S feet high, on which he was standing, turned over and precipitated him to a concrete floor. He was paid compensation for 7 weeks at the rate of $10.40 by his employer’s insurer. Pie sues his employer and its individual members to recover compensation at the weekly rate of $12.48 for 400 weeks, on the theory of total permanent disability, less amounts paid, and for medical expenses.

Defendants deny plaintiff’s right to compensation to the…