LUCAS v. HARTFORD ACC. & INDEM. CO.

No. B-6635.

552 S.W.2d 796 (1977)

Leonard T. LUCAS, Petitioner, v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY and/or New York Underwriters Insurance Company, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 6, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Granberry & Hines, F. P. Granberry, Crockett, for petitioner.

William Drew Perkins, Lufkin, for respondents.


POPE, Justice.

The sole question presented in this worker's compensation case is whether the court of civil appeals erred in its holding that there was no evidence of a causal connection between the injury that Leonard T. Lucas received in the course of his employment and the disability. Upon the basis of a favorable jury verdict, Lucas obtained a judgment for total and permanent incapacity, but the court of civil appeals reversed the judgment and rendered judgment...

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