Hall v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

SAMUEL, Judge.

This is a suit for workmen’s compensation. Plaintiffs are the employee, Mrs. Irma Tuggle Hall, who seeks recovery for total and permanent disability benefits, penalties and attorney’s fees under the act, and her husband, Leonard P. Hall, Jr., whose claim is limited to medical expenses incurred on his wife’s behalf. The sole defendant is the wife’s employer, Sears, Roebuck & Company, Inc. After trial there was judgment in favor of the defendant and against the plaintiffs, dismissing the latters’ suit. Plaintiffs have appealed.

Plaintiff (we will use this designation with reference…