TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY v. WALKOVAK

No. 14494.

390 S.W.2d 75 (1965)

The TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Phillip J. WALKOVAK, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Houston.

Rehearing Denied May 6, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter E. Workman, Houston, and Baker, Botts, Shepherd & Coates, Houston, of counsel, for appellant.

Bill Allen, Houston, and Brown, Kronzer, Abraham, Watkins & Steely, Houston, of counsel, for appellee.


COLEMAN, Justice.

This is a workman's compensation case in which a judgment was rendered in favor of the injured employee for 55% permanent partial disability.

Appellant has presented several assignments of error ultimately based on the proposition that the trial court was in error in permitting the question of the need for surgery to be presented to the jury where the employee had never demanded surgery before the Industrial Accident Board in view of the...

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