Gatte v. Coal Operators Casualty Company

BARHAM, Justice

(dissenting).

I respectfully dissent. It was plaintiff’s burden to establish that penalties and attorney’s fees were due. As I understand the reasoning of the majority, they have shifted the burden of proof so as to require the defendant to establish affirmatively that its failure to pay workmen’s compensation was not arbitrary and capricious. I do not believe this to be the law. I adopt the findings of fact and the conclusions of law of the Court of Appeal.