AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY v. BRUNS

No. 11962.

490 S.W.2d 879 (1973)

The AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Theodore C. BRUNS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied February 28, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Coates, Barry Bishop, Clark, Thomas, Harris, Denius & Winters, Austin, for appellant.

Bob Gibbins, Gibbins & Spivey, Austin, for appellee.


O'QUINN, Justice.

The principal question to be decided in this appeal is whether the appellee, a workman, had good cause for delay in filing his claim for injury under Article 8307, section 4a, (Vernon's Ann.T.S.) of the Texas Workmen's Compensation Law.

The jury found that appellee delayed filing his claim in reliance upon representations of the employer's manager of the office building where appellee worked that all necessary papers in connection with the...

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