Betz v. Travelers Ins. Co.

CAVANAUGH, Judge.

This suit by the plaintiff against the defendant who is the compensation insurance company insuring the workmen’s compensation liability of American Bitumuls & Asphalt Company is for compensation at the rate of $30 per week for a period of 364 weeks commencing on June 28, 1952, with interest on each past due installment at the rate of 5% per annum and 12% additional as a penalty and $1,000 as a reasonable attorney’s fee.

The plaintiff alleges that prior to October 19, 1951, he was employed by the American Bitumuls & Asphalt Company at its plant in the City of Baton Rouge,…