Hix v. Cassetty

This is a workmen’s compensation case. Defendants have appealed, contesting* only the amount of the recovery.

The Chancellor found that complainant was permanently and totally disabled; that his average weekly wage-was $20.25; that defendants have paid complainant’s medical and hospital bills amounting to $538, or $38 in excess of the $500 fixed by statute; that defendants have also paid complainant compensation, after deducting $73 paid him for the time he worked, the sum of $234, making a total credit of $272; and that 60 per cent of complainant’s weekly wage would be $12.15.

The Chancellor…