Bailey v. Avondale Shipyards, Inc.

SAMUEL, Judge.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment dismissing his suit in workmen’s compensation for total and permanent disability benefits.

Plaintiff, a 36-year-old common laborer, was injured while employed by the defendant on September 29, 1964 when he fell from a scaffold at defendant’s shipyard. He was taken to a hospital where he remained for six days for observation purposes under the care of Dr. Dwyer Farley, defendant’s physician. His complaints involved pain and soreness in the anterior thoracic region, right femur region, head, and index finger of the right hand.…