St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Foster

CLAYTON, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the plaintiff recovered a judgment against defendant, based on jury findings, for total and permanent loss of use of both feet. Plaintiff alleged in his petition that “he is entitled to recover $35.00 per week for 401 weeks for his injuries and disability as provided by the Workmen’s Compensation Act.” In his voir dire examination of the jury panel plaintiff’s attorney told the panel: “We contend in this case that he (plaintiff) has suffered what is known in the law as the total loss of use of both of his feet, and is, therefore,…