YATES v. EQUITABLE GEN. INS. CO. OF TEXAS

No. 01-83-0400-CV.

672 S.W.2d 822 (1984)

Thomas YATES, Appellant, v. EQUITABLE GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF TEXAS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston. First District.

Rehearing Denied May 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Patterson, James W. Patterson, Patterson & Patterson, Houston, for appellant.

Jeffrey H. Marsh, James F. Hudgins, Hudgins, Hudgins & Warrick, Don Wills, Bean, Francis & Wills, Houston, for appellee.

Before JACK SMITH, DUGGAN and BULLOCK, JJ.


OPINION

BULLOCK, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment rendered in favor of the appellee insurance carrier in a worker's compensation case based on the appellant's failure to file his claim for compensation within six months from the date of injury. The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded for trial.

The appellant sustained an injury in Harris County, on June 16, 1981, and the Industrial Accident Board awarded him compensation...

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