WELCH v. TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INS. ASS'N

No. 5668.

636 S.W.2d 450 (1982)

Betty Jo WELCH, Appellant, v. TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied February 11, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Pearson, Ponder, Pearson & Wetsel, Sweetwater, for appellant.

John P. Camp and Daniel L. Bates, Camp, Johnson, O'Neil & Hall, Fort Worth, for appellee.


RALEIGH BROWN, Justice.

This is a worker's compensation death case. Betty Jo Welch sought benefits for the death of her son, Alan Wayne Welch, who was found drowned in a "frac tank" containing crude oil. The jury found that Alan Welch was not in the course and scope of his employment as a derrick man with Jolley Well Service at the time of his death. A take-nothing judgment was entered. Mrs. Welch appeals. We reverse and remand.

Mrs. Welch urges that the trial...

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