FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY v. MARTINEZ

No. 11264.

387 S.W.2d 443 (1965)

FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Sam MARTINEZ, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied March 3, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guittard, Henderson & Jones, Victoria, for appellant.

Splawn & Maner, J. R. Lindley, Lubbock, for appellee.


PHILLIPS, Justice

This is an action brought under the Texas Workmen's Compensation Act, Article 8306, Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. The appellee, plaintiff below, alleged that he sustained total and permanent injuries while employed by Mucole Incorporated as a trash collector on the Fort Hood Military Reservation in August of 1963. The injury was to appellee's back and was caused by lifting a trash can filled with litter weighing some fifty to eighty pounds.

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