Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Marshall, 851.
| Decision Date | 20 October 1944 |
| Docket Number | No. 851.,851. |
| Citation | 57 F. Supp. 177 |
| Parties | LIBERTY MUT. INS. CO. et al. v. MARSHALL, Deputy Commissioner of United States Employees' Compensation Commission for Fourteenth District, et al. |
| Court | U.S. District Court — Western District of Washington |
Joseph J. Lanza and Eggerman, Rosling & Williams, all of Seattle, Wash., for libelant.
L. M. Koenigsberg and Koenigsberg & Sanford, of Seattle, Wash., for respondents.
J. Charles Dennis, U. S. Atty., Gerald D. Hile, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Herbert O'Hare, Asst. U. S. Atty., all of Seattle, Wash., for William A. Marshall, Deputy Commissioner.
On December 1, 1942, the claimant, John B. Piatt, while working at his desk in his office furnished by his employer, sustained a blow on his head by a falling light globe and light globe shade, weighing altogether about three and a half pounds.
The immediate results of that accident were that Mr. Piatt experienced dizziness immediately after receiving the blow, and sustained a laceration and puncture of the skin of the scalp.
He was conducted by two or more of his business associates to a first aid station where he received first aid and was sent home.
On the second day thereafter he returned to his office for the purpose of attending a conference, but had to leave the conference because of physical weakness and discomfort. Thereafter he was sent to a hospital where he received treatment for about twelve days.
After this first period of hospitalization he returned to his home and made daily visits to his office for the purpose of putting in some time on his business duties, but he usually did not put in a full day at his office and returned to his home earlier than the end of business hours each day. He thus partially attended to his business duties daily until about the 26th of February, 1943, when, while dressing in the early morning, he collapsed in the bathroom of his home with a paralytic stroke. He thereupon was re-hospitalized and continued in the hospital until about the 5th of May, 1943.
Off and on during most of the time from the day of his injury until the day of his discharge from the hospital and down to the time of the hearings before the Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Piatt complained of headaches and dizziness and of being unable to concentrate his mind efficiently on business tasks. These symptoms were likewise testified to by business associates of Mr. Piatt.
The Deputy Commissioner found that Mr. Piatt's present condition of total disability is the result of the accident which occurred on December 1, 1942. There is ample non-medical testimony in support of that...
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