PETTY v. TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE ASSOCIATION

No. 16707.

401 S.W.2d 678 (1966)

Olin PETTY, Appellant, v. TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacobs & Lipscomb, and Tom B. Renfro and Kelly Jacobs, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Simon, Crowley, Wright, Ratliff & Miller, and Kleber C. Miller, Fort Worth, for appellee.


MASSEY, Chief Justice.

This is a workmen's compensation case in which plaintiff Olin Petty sustained a specific injury to his hand. On the theory that the injury extended to and effected the body generally, thereby resulting in general total permanent incapacity, plaintiff sought not merely specific compensation but general compensation.

On trial the answers of the jury were such that the court deemed it proper to render judgment against the defendant insurer...

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