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TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INS. ASS'N v. PEREZ

No. 01-83-00409-CV.

673 S.W.2d 669 (1984)

TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. Juan PEREZ, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied July 25, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. LeBoeuf, Rainey & LeBoeuf, Angleton, for appellant.

William S. Featherston, Crawford, Grissom, Crow & Richards, Jim Richards, Crawford, Grissom, Crow & Richards, Houston, for appellee.

Before DUGGAN, SMITH and BULLOCK, JJ.

OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

Texas Employers' Insurance Association appeals from a judgment awarding workers' compensation benefits. The central issue is whether disfigurement to a worker's torso is a specific injury, for which a percentage of incapacity should be determined under Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann., art. 8306, sec. 12 (Vernon Supp. 1984), or a general injury, for which loss of earning capacity should be found under art. 8306, sec. 11.

Appellee, Juan...

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