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SIMS v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 16643.

391 S.W.2d 807 (1965)

Ethel A. SIMS and Husband, Frank Sims, Appellants, v. The TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied June 25, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter, Gallagher, Jones & Magee and Ben T. Warder, Jr., Dallas, for appellants.

Thompson, Knight, Wright & Simmons, Pinkney Grissom, Frank Finn, Jr., and John A. Gilliam, Dallas, for appellee.

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

Under the Texas Workmen's Compensation Law an injured employee is compensated for "general" partial incapacity by calculating 60% of the difference between his average weekly wages before he was injured and his average weekly wage earning capacity during the existence of the partial incapacity,—not to exceed $35.00 per week and not for a greater time period than 300 weeks. Vernon's Ann.Tex...

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