Second Injury Fund v. Keaton

The primary question presented here is whether or not Article 8306, 1 Sections 12c, 12c-l, and 12-2, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes, as amended, permits a recovery from the Second Injury Fund where as here the claimant sustained only partial incapacity as a result of general injuries. We have concluded to answer this question in the negative. Such answer requires that the judgments of both the trial court and the Court of Civil Appeals be reversed and judgment rendered that respondent take nothing by his suit.

Our decision on this question renders it unnecessary to decide petitioners’…