Cannizzaro v. Great American Insurance

YARRUT, Judge.

Plaintiff filed suit for maximum workmen’s compensation benefits claiming total and permanent disability from a job-connected injury that virtually blinded him in the left eye. He was working as a carpenter’s helper when he was injured. He also sought statutory penalties and attorney’s fee for the Defendant’s arbitrary refusal to pay compensation for accrued and future medical expenses.

Defendant is the compensation insurer of Plaintiff’s employer; admitted Plaintiff’s injury; asserted compensation was paid while Plaintiff was disabled; and resisted further payment on the ground…