Sims v. Prieto's Estate

FRUGE, Judge ad hoc.

This is a suit to recover compensation for total and permanent disability at the rate of $20 per week, not exceeding 400 weeks. The defendants are plaintiff’s employer and its liability insurance carrier, The Travelers Indemnity Company.

After issue joined there was tried on the merits wherein the District Court found for plaintiff for permanent partial disability and awarding judgment against the defendants at $7.15 per week for a period not exceeding 300 weeks from December 8, 1948, as well as for costs and expert fees. Defendants *100have appealed, seeking to reverse the…