Washington v. Hendrix Manufacturing Co.

HARDY, Judge.

This is a compensation claim in which plaintiff, Courtney Washington, seeks an award as for total permanent disability from his employer, Hendrix Manufacturing Company, Inc., and its insurer, Hardware Mutual Casualty Company. From a judgment rejecting plaintiff’s demands he has appealed.

Plaintiff’s claim arises from a back injury sustained in an accident which occurred in the course of his employment on October 22, 1956. There is no dispute as to the occurrence of the accident and the fact that plaintiff did sustain some nature of injury for which compensation was paid for a…