Levy v. Travelers Insurance Co.

TATE, Judge.

The defendant insurer appeals from an award to plaintiff employee of workmen’s compensation benefits for total and permanent disability. Plaintiff answers the appeal, requesting that the judgment be amended so as to award him penalties and attorney’s fees for the alleged arbitrary non-payment of weekly compensation.

At the time of the accident of August 17, 1955, plaintiff Levy was employed by the Town of Abbeville, defendant’s insured, as a garbage collector, his duties requiring heavy manual labor. On the date in question, Levy slipped off the garbage truck and was hit across his…