LASITER v. WASHINGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 26488.

412 F.2d 594 (1969)

Allen L. LASITER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WASHINGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Owen D. Cox, G Cole Thomson, Boone, Davis, Cox & Hale, Corpus Christi, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Dean Patton, Morrill & Patton, Beeville, Tex., Allen Wood, Fischer, Wood, Burney & Nesbitt, Corpus Christi, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COLEMAN and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges, and SCOTT, District Judge.


COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:

Pursuant to a jury verdict in response to special interrogatories, Dr. Allen L. Lasiter obtained judgment for the recovery of disability benefits from the Washington National Insurance Company. The jury found that Dr. Lasiter had suffered total disability for sixty months. We affirm.

On August 15, 1964, in a power saw accident, Dr. Lasiter, a practicing dentist, suffered the loss of the thumb and the forefinger of his left hand. At...

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