PREWITT v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 4908.

461 S.W.2d 522 (1970)

Leland A. PREWITT, Appellant, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied January 14, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mullinax, Wells, Munzy & Collins, John E. Collins, Dallas, for appellant.

Gardere, Porter & DeHay, G. Duffield Smith, Jr., Dallas, for appellee.


OPINION

HALL, Justice.

This is a suit for workmen's compensation. Appellant was injured in the course and scope of his employment as an electrician. A series of events resulted in a severe laceration of his left arm when he was left dangling with the arm across a sharp sheet metal "lip" on an air-conditioning duct. He also sustained a blow to his left shoulder and the back of his head when he was caused to fall backward onto a stack of sheetrock while he...

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