Prewitt v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

OPINION

HALL, Justice.

This is a suit for workmen’s compensation. Appellant was injured in the course and scope of his employment as an electrician. A series of events resulted in a severe laceration of his left arm when he was left dangling with the arm across a sharp sheet metal “lip” on an air-conditioning duct. He also sustained a blow to his left shoulder and the back of his head when he was caused to fall backward onto a stack of sheetrock while he was being extricated by fellow employees. He was taken to Parkland Hospital in Dallas. There, surgery was performed repairing the severed…