Matte v. Power Rig Drilling Co.

MILLER, Judge.

Defendant employer and its insurer Argonaut Southwest Insurance Company appeal the trial court judgment awarding plaintiff Willard J. Matte total and permanent workmen’s compensation benefits. We affirm.

Defendants concede that Matte is totally and permanently disabled, but contend that his credibility was destroyed and he therefore failed to prove a job-related accident.

This thirty year old plaintiff had been employed as a roughneck by Power Rig for two months. He took a pre-employment physical and denied prior back injuries. He had worked regularly for several different…