MARYLAND CASUALTY CO. v. McWILLIAMS

No. 12499.

175 F.2d 475 (1949)

MARYLAND CASUALTY CO. v. McWILLIAMS.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 5, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Connally, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

J. Edwin Smith, Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, SIBLEY, and WALLER, Circuit Judges.


WALLER, Circuit Judge.

A fourteen-pound brick fell on the head of the plaintiff, John McWilliams, while he was working in the course of his employment, inflicting injury compensable under the Texas Workman's Compensation Law, Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq. Weekly compensation was paid to him from the date of his injury on November 19, 1946, until January 21, 1947, when, in consideration of the payment of an additional $40.00, he signed a full release. He,...

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