Globe Const. Co. v. Brewer
Decision Date | 27 June 1952 |
Docket Number | No. 13870.,13870. |
Citation | 197 F.2d 707 |
Parties | GLOBE CONST. CO., Inc., et al. v. BREWER. |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit |
Ernest A. Carrere, Jr., New Orleans, La., for appellants.
Lampton O. Williams, Poplarville, Miss., for appellee.
Before, HOLMES, STRUM, and RIVES, Circuit Judges.
This action is under the Louisiana Workmen's Compensation Act1 brought by Tom Q. Brewer against Globe Construction Company, Inc., his employer, and The Travelers Insurance Company, the employer's insurer, for four hundred weeks of compensation at the maximum rate of $20.00 per week, for permanent and total disability, as a result of an accident allegedly sustained by Brewer, while in the scope and course of his employment by Globe Construction Company as a carpenter's helper or carpenter.
The appellants complain that there was not sufficient evidence to prove the appellee's (plaintiff's) case and more particularly to prove that the accident caused the disability. Alternatively, the appellants ask that the judgment be corrected so as to give credit for the period after the accident that Brewer remained in Globe's employment, and further to provide that the compensation should be for the period of disability not exceeding four hundred weeks rather than unqualifiedly for four hundred weeks.
The issues are more clearly understood from a consideration of the facts as set forth by the District Court in its findings as follows:
The case was tried mostly upon oral testimony before the Court. We have carefully studied the record in connection with the briefs and arguments,...
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