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TEX. EMP. INS. ASS'N v. STODGHILL

No. 6670.

570 S.W.2d 398 (1978)

TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. Mary E. STODGHILL, a widow, Individually and as next friend for minor children, Daniel T. Stodghill, et al., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied August 2, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shafer, Gilliland, Davis, Bunton & McCollum, Inc., Connell Ashley, Tryon D. Lewis, Odessa, for appellant.

Warren Burnett, Associated, Warren Burnett, Richard J. Clarkson, Odessa, for appellee.

Strasburger & Price, Royal H. Brin, Jr., Dallas, for amicus curiae Alliance of American Insurers.

OPINION

PRESLAR, Chief Justice.

This is a worker's compensation case involving a question of whether an injury suffered in the course of employment was a producing cause of death. Based on a jury verdict, judgment was entered for the Plaintiff. We reverse and render.

The deceased, Thomas Stodghill, suffered an injury while working on a drilling rig when he fell some fifteen feet off the rig floor. This...

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