TEXAS COMPENSATION INSURANCE COMPANY v. MATTHEWS

No. 16302.

510 S.W.2d 640 (1974)

TEXAS COMPENSATION INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. James Lee MATTHEWS, Appellee.

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

May 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Shatto, Alex Guevara, Jr., Houston, for appellant.

Harold Lloyd, Lovell W. Aldrich, Houston, for appellee.


COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This is a Workman's Compensation suit tried before a jury. On motion the court disregarded the answer made by the jury to one special issue and also interpreted the jury's answer to another issue which was not directly responsive to the question asked. Judgment was then entered for the plaintiff on the jury's verdict.

The appellant contends that the trial court improperly disregarded the jury's answer to Special Issue No. 31 and improperly...

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