Garrigues v. Fluor Corporation

The opinion of the court was delivered by This is an appeal from a judgment of the Ellsworth County
District Court denying an award of compensation. For convenience,
Gerald Garrigues, the appellant, will be referred to herein by
name or as claimant, and the appellees, The Fluor Corporation,
Ltd. and American Motorists Insurance Company, will be called
respondents. Mr. Garrigues, a man 50 years of age, was a steam fitter and
plumber by occupation. On the morning of October 17, 1963, while
working in the Bushton Hydrocarbon plant he was the victim of an
explosion which blew him outside the building causing burns about
his arms, legs and upper part of his chest. He was hospitalized
for treatment from October 17 to 22 and released to return to
work on November 2, 1963.