Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York v. Burrows

MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case. Joseph E. Burrows is the claimant, Braniff Airways, Inc., is the employer, and The Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York is the insurance carrier. The trial was to a jury and resulted in findings of total and permanent incapacity, and a lump sum judgment in favor of Joseph E. Burrows, from which the insurance carrier has prosecuted this appeal.

Appellee was employed by Braniff Airways, Inc., as a cargo serviceman. His duties consisted of loading and unloading airplanes. On April 1, 1964, he and other employees of Braniff were…