SAM BASS, Justice.
This is a workers' compensation case. Based upon a jury verdict, the trial court rendered judgment that the appellee-claimant, Larry Thrasher, recover benefits for permanent partial disability. The Highway Department argues that Thrasher's recovery is barred under Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 8306, § 21 (Vernon 1967), because when he applied for the Highway Department job, he concealed a prior acute back strain. In the State's view this deception...
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