Betz v. Travelers Insurance Co.

ELLIS, Judge.

This is a suit by the plaintiff against his employer’s insurer for compensation at the rate of $30 per week for a period of 364 weeks commencing Juné 28, 1952, with interest 'on each past due installment at the rate of 5% per annum and 12% additional as a penalty and $1,000 as a reasonable attorney fee, as a result of.an accident and injuries received by plaintiff on Oct. 19, 1951, and for which he was paid compensation until June 28, 1952.,

*380After trial the District Judge awarded plaintiff compensation at the rate of $30 per week for one year additional, that is, from the time…