CLEM v. DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. B-9247.

600 S.W.2d 925 (1980)

Olen L. CLEM, Petitioner, v. DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bean, Franic, Wills & Dennis, Robert Bean, Ford, Livingston & Needham, William Catterton, Dallas, for petitioner.

Robert M. Greenberg, Dallas, for respondent.


GREENHILL, Chief Justice.

Clem brought this suit for workmen's compensation benefits because of his having suffered a hernia on the job. Article 8306, section 12b provides compensation for 26 weeks "from the date of the operation."1 The problem is whether Clem is entitled, under the circumstances, to compensation for a period of over a year before the successful operation.

The trial court held that Clem was not entitled...

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