Sepulvado v. Argonaut Underwriters Insurance Co.

GLADNEY, Judge.

The defendants, Argonaut Underwriters Insurance Company and Ed Jones, Jr., have appealed from a judgment increasing the weekly payment of workmen’s compensation from $15 to $26.33 to plaintiff, Jeff Sepulvado. Appellee has answered the appeal asking that the amount be fixed at $35 and to cast Ed Jones, Jr., solidarily liable for compensation along with his insurer.

In the trial court the sole defensive issue asserted was the amount of compensation to which Jeff Sepulvado was entitled. It involved a determination from conflicting evidence of the employee’s daily wage, and was…