Hilbert v. Quinn Construction Co.

REGAN, Judge.

The plaintiff, Perley Hilbert, filed this suit against his employer, the defendant, Quinn Construction Company, Inc., and Continental Insurance Company, Quinn’s insurer, for the sum of $24,500.00 representing workmen’s compensation to which he asserts he is entitled to for an injury incurred by him in the course of his employment.

The defendants answered and explained that they paid plaintiff $2,452.00 an amount in excess of the statutory allowance for the type of injury suffered by the plaintiff, and denied further liability to him.

Following a trial on the merits, the lower court…