TEXAS EMP. INS. ASS'N v. DEAN

No. 6925.

604 S.W.2d 346 (1980)

TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. Ruth Burns DEAN, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

July 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diamond, Rash, Anderson, Leslie & Smith, Charles E. Anderson, El Paso, for appellant.

Malcolm McGregor, Philip T. Cole, El Paso, for appellee.


OPINION

WARD, Justice.

In this worker's compensation case, the main issue is whether the injuries were sustained in the course of the employment. The employee was on her employer's parking lot, going to her car at night after her work, and was injured by a purse snatcher. Trial was to a jury, which determined that the injury was received in the course of the employment. We affirm the judgment which was entered for the employee.

All of the facts were...

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