SECOND INJURY FUND v. JOHNSON

No. 14168.

678 S.W.2d 225 (1984)

The SECOND INJURY FUND of the State of Texas, Appellant, v. Walter JOHNSON, et ux., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Philip Durst, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellant.

Dan Street, Bean, Francis, Wills & Street, Dallas, for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, C.J., and POWERS and BRADY, JJ.


PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

The Second Injury Fund of the State of Texas [The Fund] appeals from the trial court's judgment by which the trial court ruled that The Fund had no right of subrogation.

We reverse and remand.

In 1979 Walter Johnson sustained an injury in the course of his employment which resulted in the loss of vision in his left eye; prior to this injury Johnson had suffered a loss of vision in...

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