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TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INS. ASS'N v. COURTNEY

No. 08-85-00261-CV.

709 S.W.2d 382 (1986)

TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. Venita COURTNEY, Widow and Qualified Community Survivor of the Estate of Bennie R. Courtney, Deceased, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied June 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia Vaughan, Barry N. Beck, Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson, Midland, for appellant.

Ruff Ahders, Ruff Ahders Associated, Odess, Michol O'Connor, Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, Houston, for appellee.

Before STEPHEN F. PRESLAR, C.J., and OSBORN and SCHULTE, JJ.

OPINION

SCHULTE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment on a jury verdict in a workers' compensation suit. The court awarded Appellee, Venita Courtney, death benefits as the widow of Bennie R. Courtney. The jury found that the deceased sustained a heart attack in the course of his employment which was a producing cause of his death. Appellant complains that the evidence was legally insufficient to establish that the fatal heart attack occurred in the...

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