Holden v. Roy O. Martin Lumber Co.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

Plaintiff seeks workmen’s compensation benefits for total and permanent disability. Defendant is the employer. The district judge awarded benefits for temporary total disability. Plaintiff appealed. Defendant also appealed, contending that no benefits whatever should be paid.

The substantial issues on appeal are: (1) The occurrence of a work-connected accident on Friday, March 20, 1964. (2) Causal connection between that accident and a herniated intervertebral disc which was surgically removed on September 18, 1967. (3) The number of weekly benefits due. (4) Whether two items…