Gardner v. Travelers Ins. Co.

This is a claim for compensation in which plaintiff sought judgment for $20 per week for a period of 400 weeks, beginning August 10, 1940, on the ground of total, permanent disability, and, in the alternative, for damages in the sum of $83,840, against Travelers Insurance Company and plaintiff's employer, Howard Crumley. An exception of no cause and no right of action by the defendants, interposed to the alternative demand, was sustained, and the alternative demand dismissed.

The facts show that the plaintiff, John M. Gardner, was employed by Howard Crumley, a dealer in automobiles, in the…