Kitts v. American Mutual Liability Insurance

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.

This is an action for benefits under the Tennessee Workmen’s Compensation Law, Code, sec. 6851 et seq., for permanent total disability or, in the alternative, for such benefits as the proof shows plaintiff entitled to receive. At the time of his accidental injury, plaintiff was employed as a construction foreman for Roehl Construction Company, defendant herein being that company’s compensation insurance carrier.

In order to inspect conditions in an unfinished manhole, plaintiff started down the manhole ladder. This ladder was in a fixed position against one…