Jones v. Remington Rand, Inc.

HARDY, Judge;

This is a compensation suit instituted by plaintiff claiming total and permanent disability. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff awarding compensation at the maximum rate for a period not exceeding 400 weeks, together with medical expenses, the defendant employer and its insurer have prosecuted this appeal.

The only issue tendered by this appeal involves the extent and duration of plaintiff’s injury.

■ On March 13, 1954, while employed as a heavy duty mechanic by defendant, Remington Rand Company, operator of the Louisiana Ordnance Plant in Webster Parish, plaintiff was engaged…