Setliff v. Vaughn

FRUGÉ, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation suit instituted by a former employee of Johnny Vaughn, the owner and operator of Vaughn’s Welding and Blacksmith Shop. The plaintiff, who was employed as a welder’s helper, seeks an award of total and permanent disability for an injury which he alleges he suffered in connection with his employment on the morning of April 25, 1963. In answer, the defendant admits the employment relationship but denies the occurrence of any work-connected accident causing the alleged disability. After trial on the merits the lower court rendered judgment in favor of…