James v. Acme Window Cleaners

REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Walter James, instituted this suit against the defendants, Acme Window Cleaners, and its insurer, Globe Indemnity Company, endeavoring to recover maximum workmen’s compensation for a job-connected injury which he incurred on February 6, 1959, when he fell a distance of thirty feet from a stepladder to the ground. Plaintiff also requested the imposition of statutory penalties and attorney’s fees.

Defendant answered and generally denied the allegations of plaintiff’s petition.

From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, awarding him compensation at the rate of $32.50 per week…