Matlock v. L. L. Brewton Lumber Co.

FRUGÉ, Judge.

Plaintiff brought suit in the lower court seeking workmen’s compensation benefits for total and permanent disability allegedly due him as the result of an accidental injury which occurred on November 16, 1964. The lower court held that the plaintiff was not totally and permanently disabled within the meaning of our Workmen’s Compensation Act and dismissed the suit. From this adverse judgment below, plaintiff has appealed to this court.

The plaintiff is an uneducated, large, muscular male, 46 years of age, and in the employ of the defendants as a log truck driver. On November 16,…