TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INS. ASS'N v. HAUNSCHILD

No. 8566.

527 S.W.2d 270 (1975)

TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. Bob HAUNSCHILD, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

Rehearing Denied September 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibson, Ochsner, Adkins, Harlan & Hankins, S. Tom Morris, Amarillo, Vial, Hamilton, Koch, Tubb, Knox & Stradley, for appellant.

Charles H. Smith and C. L. Mike Schmidt, Jr., Dallas, for amicus curiae.

Edwards, Smith & Associates, Thomas S. Hoekstra, Amarillo, Thompson, Knight, Simmons & Bullion, David S. Kidder, Dallas, for amici curiae.


REYNOLDS, Justice.

In this workmen's compensation case the trial court, after disregarding jury findings that a prior compensable general injury contributed sixty-five percent to the workmen's incapacity following the general injury in suit, entered judgment awarding full compensation for the present incapacity. The sole question presented is whether, after the 1971 amendment to the Texas Workmen's Compensation Act, the insurance carrier's liability for a general...

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