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TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE ASSOCIATION v. SELLERS

No. 6121.

463 S.W.2d 36 (1971)

TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. Mrs. A. E. SELLERS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied February 10, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shafer, Gilliland, Davis, Bunton & McCollum, Lucius D. Bunton, Odessa, for appellant.

Burnett & Childs, Warren Burnett, Bob Hoblit, Odessa, for appellee.

OPINION

PRESLAR, Justice.

This is a suit for death benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Act, Article 8306, section 8, Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Basis of the claim is that appellee's husband was accidentally injured while working on an oil well drilling rig by inhaling gas which caused his death. Judgment was for the plaintiff following trial to a jury. We reverse on a "no evidence" point as to causation, but remand in the interest of justice.

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