Woodard v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

HARDY, Judge.

This is a compensation claim for total permanent disability and defendant has appealed from judgment in favor of plaintiff awarding compensation for a period not exceeding 400 weeks, subject to a credit of seventy weeks compensation paid by defendant. Plaintiff has answered the appeal, praying for the allowance of statutory penalties and attorney’s fees.

Plaintiff is a registered nurse who sustained a back injury while attempting to lift a suction pump which she found necessary for emergency use. The accident occurred on January 1, 1962, at which time plaintiff was employed by…