Braswell v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York

GLADNEY, Judge.

This suit was instituted by Leo G. Bras-well for the purpose of recovering compen*533sation for permanent and total disability under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, LSA-R.S. 23:1021 et seq. Judgment was rendered by the trial court as prayed for, and defendant insurer has appealed.

Plaintiff, a thirty-seven year old employee of Jett Drilling Company, on February 23, 1958, while performing the duties of a roughneck, a member of an oil well crew drilling in Tensas Parish, was injured when struck by the back tongs as pipe was being pulled out of the well and being broken for placement…