Woods v. Brezner

HARDY, Judge.

This is a compensation suit in which plaintiff claims permanent and total disability. After trial there was judgment in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant employer and his insurer, awarding compensation at the rate of $24.70 per week for the period of disability, not exceeding 400 weeks, from which judgment defendants have appealed.

Plaintiff alleged that on or about November 28, 1950, while employed by defendant, Brezner, a general contractor doing construction work in and on the city water plant in Monroe, Louisiana, and while operating a big air hammer he…