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AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY v. HUGHES

No. B-3980.

497 S.W.2d 282 (1973)

The AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Richard Curtis HUGHES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulbright, Crooker & Jaworski, Thomas P. Sartwelle, Houston, for petitioner.

Helm, Jones & Fletcher, Richard P. Hogan, Houston, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

This is a workmen's compensation case in which an employee, Richard Hughes, was injured in the course of his employment with Bay City Drilling Company on July 12, 1963, while operating a tractor with a mowing device referred to as a "brush hog." Hughes fell from the tractor when it hit a rut. The tractor wheels and then the "brush hog" passed over his body, the force of the impact finally stalling the "brush hog" and pinning him underneath it.

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