Miller v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

DOUCET, Judge.

This is a worker’s compensation suit instituted for Anthony Lynn Miller against the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, the worker’s compensation insurer of his former employer, Coastal Drywall. He seeks permanent total disability benefits as a result of an accident which occurred on July 20, 1982. Defendant’s appeal from a trial court judgment holding the plaintiff temporarily totally disabled and awarding benefits. The plaintiff answered the appeal seeking permanent total disability.

The evidence shows that on July 20, 1982, Miller was working on a construction site in…