Williams v. Sherwood Homes, Inc.

MILLER, Judge.

Defendants, Travelers Indemnity Company and its insured Sherwood Homes, Inc., appeal the award of total and permanent workmen’s compensation benefits to plaintiff Love Williams. We affirm.

The thirty-nine year old, semi-literate, inarticulate, male plaintiff worked for Sherwood Homes for six years. During all this time he was a good employee and assembled and installed axles and wheel units for mobile homes. This was hard manual labor requiring full use of both hands to handle the 150 pound assemblies. Prior to the accident which is the subject of this litigation, Williams…