MONTGOMERY COUNTY v. GROUNDS

No. 09-92-042 CV.

862 S.W.2d 35 (1993)

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Appellant, v. Helen S. GROUNDS, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Billy Joe Grounds, Deceased, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

July 22, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Phillips, Michael Phillips & Associates, Houston, for appellant.

K. Michael Mayes, Mark D. Haas, Law Office of K. Michael Mayes, Conroe, for appellee.

Before WALKER, C.J., and BROOKSHIRE and BURGESS, JJ.


OPINION

WALKER, Chief Justice.

This first impression workers' compensation appeal comes to us from the 359th Judicial District Court of Montgomery County, Texas, Judge James H. Keeshan, presiding. The jury returned a verdict favoring the widow of the deceased employee, who died from a heart attack at his home.

The primary question before this Court is whether Bill Grounds' death resulted from a compensable injury received by him while in the course...

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