Humphrey v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Delmone Humphrey, employed as a janitor, instituted this suit against the defendant, Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, insurer of Falstaff Brewing Company, his former employer,.endeavoring to recover workmen’s compensation at the rate of $35 per week for a period of 400 weeks1, together with medical expenses, attorney’s fees and penalties, for total and permanent disability caused by a reactivation of regional enteritis or ileitis ultimately resulting from an accident2 which occurred on October 6, 1959, when he fell in the establishment of his employer.

The…