SCHAEFER v. TEXAS EMP. INS. ASS'N

No. B-9580.

612 S.W.2d 199 (1980)

Bobby G. SCHAEFER, Petitioner, v. TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied February 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwards & Perry, Russell H. McMains, Corpus Christi, for petitioner.

Dyer & Redford, David J. Dunn and James W. Wray, Corpus Christi, for respondent.


DENTON, Justice.

This is a workers' compensation case in which Bobby G. Schaefer, plaintiff, sued Texas Employers' Insurance Association, defendant, to recover for an occupational disease. The jury found that the "atypical tuberculosis" suffered by Schaefer was an occupational disease which resulted in total and permanent disability. Judgment was rendered on the jury verdict. The court of civil appeals reversed and rendered judgment that Schaefer take nothing.

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