TRANSPORT INS. CO. v. LIGGINS

No. 18525.

625 S.W.2d 780 (1981)

TRANSPORT INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Debbie LIGGINS, Individually and As Next Friend for Amanda Gay Liggins, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied December 31, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arlen D. Bynum, Dallas, for appellant.

Malcolm Schulz, Abilene, for appellees. G. W. Quick, guardian ad litem, Wichita Falls.

Before MASSEY, C. J., and SPURLOCK and HOLMAN, JJ.


OPINION

HOLMAN, Justice.

This is a worker's compensation case. Appellees are the widow and minor children of David Liggins, a truck driver killed on April 10, 1979, during a tornado in Wichita Falls. Judgment upon a jury's finding awarded compensation benefits to the appellees.

We affirm.

The record shows that on the date of his death, the decedent was employed by Oil Transport Company to drive its truck-tractor on an interstate route that...

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