Sims v. Travelers Indemnity Co.

SAVOIE, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals the judgment of the trial court dismissing his claim for workmen’s compensation benefits.

Plaintiff, Lionel Sims, alleges that he is totally and permanently disabled as a result of an accident which occurred on July 16, 1981, while he was in the course and scope of his employment with the Ethyl Corporation. According to plaintiff, who was the only witness to the accident, the injury occurred while he was pulling electrical switches to cut the power in the yard which supplied one of the industrial complex banks. Plaintiff claims that while he was in the process…