Hughes v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

YARRUT, Judge.

Plaintiff seeks to recover compensation for total and permanent disability for an injury suffered while working as a longshoreman. From a judgment awarding $35.00 per week for a period not to exceed 400 weeks, subject to a credit for payments already made, plus medical bill of $690, and court costs, defendant has taken this appeal.

There is no dispute that plaintiff was injured when a sack of corn fell against his right hip while he was loading a truck; *882nor that he was entitled to compensation from June IS, 1959, the date of injury, to August 8, 19S9, which defendant paid.

The…