Halbert v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

The plaintiff, Donald Halbert, appeals from a disability judgment and award in a workmen’s compensation case from the district court for Buffalo' County, Nebraska. He was injured by an electrical short in the equipment he was operating while an employee of the defendant, Anderson Brothers Plumbing and Heating Company, Inc., on July 15, 1966. The accident caused him to fall 12 feet to a concrete floor, landing on his heels.

The plaintiff received temporary total disability benefits from the defendant from the time of the accident until March 24, 1967. The Workmen’s Compensation Court found that…