Stogner v. American Motorists Insurance Co.

YARRUT, Judge.

Plaintiff, an injured carpenter, sues his employer and its insurer for workmen’s compensation, statutory penalties and attorney’s fees. There is no dispute about the nature of the employment or that a disabling injury was sustained in March, 1958, while on the job, nor the amount of compensation due if totally and permanently disabled. The only dispute is with regard to the extent and duration of plaintiff’s disability, and whether he can now do the same kind of carpentry work as when injured, without pain, and without danger to himself and fellow-workers.

In a judgment for…