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UNITED STATES FIRE INS. CO. v. BISHOP

No. 18425.

613 S.W.2d 52 (1981)

UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Billy Ray BISHOP, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied March 19, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henderson, Bryant, Wolfe, Vogelsang & Graber and Donald H. Flanary, Jr., Sherman, for appellant.

Gray, Whitten & Loveless and Jack Gray, Denton, Herrick & Waltrip and Bill Waltrip, Fort Worth, for appellee.

OPINION

SPURLOCK, Justice.

This is a workers' compensation case. In April of 1979 the appellee, Billy Ray Bishop, sustained an injury in the course and scope of his employment. Bishop worked as a painter. In the process of lifting two five gallon buckets of paint he felt his back "give way" and was taken from the job site to the hospital. Following examination and consultation Bishop underwent back surgery. He returned home to convalesce. He inadvertently...

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