Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Stephens

OPINION

BROOKSHIRE, Justice.

Appeal in workers’ compensation suit. The worker, Stephens, filed an action to recover workers’ compensation benefits for disability arising out of an accident which occurred on March 25,1981, while Stephens was in the course and scope of his employment with East-Tex Plastics, Inc.

In a juried proceeding, the jury found in favor of the plaintiff Stephens. To jury questions, the jury found that Stephens had received an injury on or about March 25, 1981, while he was in the course of his employment and that the injury was a producing cause of total incapacity beginning…