GRIFFEY v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 8049.

452 S.W.2d 725 (1970)

Wayne Smith GRIFFEY, Appellant, v. The TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lemon, Close & Atkinson and Otis C. Shearer, Perryton, for appellant.

Gibson, Ochsner, Adkins, Harlan & Hankins and Jewett E. Huff, Amarillo, for appellee.


NORTHCUTT, Justice.

This is a workmen's compensation case. Wayne Smith Griffey, plaintiff, brought this action against the defendant, The Travelers Insurance Co. Plaintiff was working for Jack Grace Drilling Co. as a roughneck on February 1, 1968, when he sustained an accidental injury. At the time of his injury, he was starting a motor and the crank kicked back and hit him in his right hand in the wedge between his thumb and forefinger. Defendant was the insurance...

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