PRUNTY v. BLAND

No. 15616.

454 S.W.2d 881 (1970)

Frances PRUNTY, Appellant, v. Bernice C. BLAND, d/b/a Houstonaire Gift Shop, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied June 11, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Pieratt, Houston, John Mustachio, Houston, of counsel, for appellant.

Beckmann, Stanard, Wood & Keene, John H. Wood, Jr., San Antonio, Lowell B. Hays, Houston, for appellee.


BELL, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted the appellee, who was the defendant in a suit brought by appellant, appellee's employee, to recover damages for personal injuries received by her when a chair, furnished by the defendant employer, broke causing appellant to fall to the floor.

Appellant was the only employee in a gift shop operated by appellee. Appellee, therefore, carried no workmen's compensation insurance.

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