BURNS v. UNION STANDARD INS. CO.

No. B-8552.

593 S.W.2d 309 (1980)

Ruby J. BURNS, Petitioner, v. UNION STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied February 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miller, Gann & Perdue, Lennon C. Wright, Milton H. Fried, Jr., and Robert A. Berry, Houston, for petitioner.

Hudson, Keltner, Smith, Cunningham & Payne, H. S. Sparks, III, Fort Worth, for respondent.


BARROW, Justice.

This is a workers' compensation case. The trial court entered judgment on the jury verdict whereby petitioner, Mrs. Ruby J. Burns, recovered compensation for an injury to her left foot and leg below the knee. The court of civil appeals affirmed. 580 S.W.2d 650. The determinative question presented by this appeal is whether reversible error is presented by the trial court's submission in disjunctive form of Special...

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