Washington v. Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc.

REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, John Washington, employed as a longshoreman, instituted this suit against the defendants, Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc., his employer, and The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, the insurer thereof, endeavoring to recover workmen’s compensation at the rate of $30 *715per week for a period of 300 weeks, together with $1,000 for medical expenses, 12% of the amount of the judgment as penalties and $1,000 as attorney’s fees, for “total and permanent” or “permanent partial disability” caused from injuries incurred on April 16, 1954.

Defendants answered and admitted…