Woodard v. Collins

TALIAFERRO, Judge. ■

Plaintiff sues his employer, T. E. Collins, and his insurer, the Southern Underwriters of Houston, Tex., for compensation at the rate of $20 per week for the maximum • period of 400 weeks; and for medical, surgical, and hospital expenses. He alleges that he is totally and permanently disabled as the direct consequence of being injured while discharging the duties of his employment on February 13, 1936. The controverted issues, through the frankness of defendants’ counsel, have been narrowed to two, namely: (1) The extent of plaintiff’s present disability; and (2) did the…