Commercial Insurance Co. of Newark v. Puente

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is a workman’s compensation case tried to a jury resulting in a judgment for appellee, Robert Puente, against appellant, Commercial Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey, for total and permanent incapacity. Appellant has duly perfected its appeal to this Court complaining that the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support the jury’s award.

Robert Puente, hereinafter referred to as appellee, was a man, 26 years of age with only an eighth grade education, with no type of specialized training. He went to work for the City of Corpus Christi…