TEXAS HEALTH ENTERPRISES, INC. v. GENTRY

No. 08-89-00227-CV.

787 S.W.2d 604 (1990)

TEXAS HEALTH ENTERPRISES, INC., and Tri-Star Associates, A California Limited Partnership, d/b/a Deerings West Nursing Center, Appellants, v. Sharon GENTRY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Overruled May 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Motsenbocker, Joel B. Locke, Shafer, Davis, McCollum, Ashley, O'Leary & Stoker, Inc., Odessa, for appellants.

Robert E. White, Childs & Bishop Law Offices, Inc., Odessa, Elaine Brady, Houston, for appellee.

Before OSBORN, C.J., and FULLER and WOODARD, JJ.


OPINION

FULLER, Justice.

An employee of a nursing home recovered judgment against the nursing home for injuries incurred on the job. We affirm in part and reverse and render in part.

FACTS

Appellee, Sharon Gentry, had worked for the Appellant nursing home for less than one month when on May 6, 1988, she claimed injury to her back while assisting one of the patients. She did not initially think the injury was severe and continued to work...

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