Watts v. Travelers Ins. Co.

JANVIER, Judge.

Plaintiff is a colored laborer, over 70 years of age. He avers that, during the course of his employment by J. Watts Kear-ny and Sons, when “he was attempting to lift a heavy bag of cement,” he “felt a sharp, shooting pain in his right side”; that as a result, although he attempted to continue his work for several days, he was unable to do so; that “his condition was diagnosed as a right inguinal hernia,” and that he is now totally and permanently disabled. He brought this suit against the Travelers Insurance Company alone, the insurance carrier of his employer, and he prayed…