Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. Cummings

618 S.W.2d 883 (1981)

LUMBERMENS MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellant,

v.

Maggie CUMMINGS, Appellee.

No. 18428.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

June 18, 1981.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1981.

Lancaster Smith Law Office and Scott Smith and Harvey L. Davis, Dallas, for appellant.

Street, Swift, Brockermeyer, Bell & Ward and Kae L. Brockermeyer, Fort Worth, for appellee.

OPINION

HUGHES, Justice.

Maggie Cummings recovered $5,135.04 from her employer's workers' compensation carrier, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company. The jury found she was totally and permanently incapacitated. The nature of her…