TEXAS EMP. INS. ASS'N v. WHITAKER

No. 5027.

274 S.W.2d 578 (1954)

TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. George WHITAKER, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Collins, Garrison, Renfrow & Zeleskey, Lufkin, Thompson & Stripling, Nacogdoches, for appellant.

Fulmer, Fairchild & Barnett, Nacogdoches, for appellee.


WALKER, Justice.

This is a workman's compensation case. The workman, George Whitaker, was injured on January 23, 1952, by the fall of a heavy mass of fertilizer, which broke and collapsed upon him. According to testimony given in his behalf, he was at this time injured in various parts of his body, one of which was his right leg.

The jury found (Issue 1) that the workman "has suffered the total loss of the use of his right leg as a natural result of the injury...

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