TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY v. ECHOLS

No. 8212.

508 S.W.2d 422 (1974)

The TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Robert C. ECHOLS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor F. Hlavinka, Atchley, Russell, Waldrop & Hlavinka, Texarkana, for appellant.

Doyle W. Curry, Jones, Jones & Baldwin, Marshall, for appellee.


CORNELIUS, Justice.

This is a workmen's compensation suit in which appellee recovered benefits for partial incapacity. The question to be decided is whether the jury findings of good cause for appellee's failure to timely file his claim for compensation may be sustained.

The special issues and jury answers on the question of good cause were as follows:

"SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 11. Do you find from a preponderance of the evidence that within six months from...

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