Johnson v. Maxwell

HARDY, Judge.

This is a suit by plaintiff against his employer and the latter’s insurer for the allowance of workmen’s compensation as for total permanent disability, together with penalties. From judgment in favor of plaintiff awarding compensation at the rate of $30 per week for the period extending from July 3, 1956 to October 24, 1957, subject to a credit for compensation previously paid, the defendants have appealed. Plaintiff has answered the appeal, praying for an increase in the benefits awarded to a period not exceeding 400 weeks.

To plaintiff’s original petition defendants interposed…