DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST. v. PORTER

No. 05-87-00721-CV.

759 S.W.2d 454 (1988)

DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellant, v. Mattie Bell PORTER, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied November 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Kidder, John P. Polewski, Tim Bates, Dallas, Alexandra W. Albright, Austin, for appellant.

S. Lynn Blakeman, John B. Wilson, Dallas, for appellee.

Before ENOCH, C.J., and McKAY and BISSETT, JJ.


McKAY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment against the Dallas Independent School District (DISD) in favor of Mattie Porter for death benefits under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act. Mattie Bell Porter is the widow of Woodrow Porter, Jr. (Porter).

Porter was employed by DISD as a janitor at Dunbar Elementary School in Dallas. He resided directly across the street from the school. From the statement of facts we glean that on April 26, 1978, Porter...

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