Hollier v. Travelers Insurance Co.

LOTTINGER, Judge.

This matter is before us on a suspensive appeal taken by the defendant from a judgment of the lower Court awarding the plaintiff workmen’s compensation benefits for 400 weeks at the rate of $30 per week from June 24, 1953, subject to a credit for previous payments, and for reasonable medical expenses not to exceed $1,000.

The petition alleges that the plaintiff was injured when he struck his left knee with a hammer in the process of dismantling some boards. In addition to praying for compensation benefits for total permanent disability, he also alleged that the defendant’s…