Hebert v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.

A judgment for compensation as for death “resulting from injury” (section 8, art. 8306, R. S. 1925) was reversed and judgment rendered for the insurer by the honorable Court of Civil Appeals, Ninth District, 296 S. W. 688. The case is properly and fully stated in that opinion. The matters assigned are discussed below.

Compensable death must have for its foundation “injury” (section 8, art. 8306) of the nature of “damage or harm to the physical structure of the body” (article 8309, R. S. 1925), and of origin in causative danger in the employment (article 8309), Lumberman’s Reciprocal Ass’n v.…