Ringo v. Hawco Manufacturing

LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Tommy Ringo, from the dismissal of his suit for worker’s compensation benefits from his former employer, Hawco Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Hawco). The plaintiff was injured on July 23,1988, while in the course and scope of his employment with Hawco Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Hawco began paying the plaintiff weekly compensation at the maximum rate approximately one week after his injury. Four weeks after the injury, after making three such weekly payments, Hawco issued two checks to the plaintiff — one at the maximum weekly rate as…