Perry v. Hotard's Plumbing

CURRAULT, Judge.

This is an appeal by defendants, Hotard’s Plumbing, Inc. and their workmen’s compensation carrier, The Travelers Insurance Company, from a judgment granting plaintiff, Robert F. Perry, permanent and total disability benefits.

Robert F. Perry, plaintiff, was employed by defendant, Hotard’s Plumbing, Inc., as an air conditioning repairman and installer from 1976 until 1980, with a rate of pay of $7.25 per hour. He is a 42 year old man with no special vocational skills or training other than on-the-job experience and who completed half a semester of the tenth grade. In February,…