Legal Opinion

Macias v. Charter Oak Fire Insurance Co.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 24, 1976No. 6520Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PRESLAR, Chief Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case involving sufficiency of the evidence on the issue of partial disability and propriety of jury argument. Based on a jury verdict, a take nothing judgment was entered. We affirm.

This compensation claim is for an injury occurring on November 8, 1973, when the claimant, John Henry Macias, dislocated his *21right shoulder. The injury was repaired by surgery, and the jury found a total incapacity of a duration of twenty-three weeks; the jury found no partial incapacity. The carrier had already paid for twenty-five weeks of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Garza v. AlviarTexas Supreme Court · 1965
  2. Aultman v. Dallas Railway & Terminal Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Goforth v. AlveyTexas Supreme Court · 1954
  4. Gomez Leon v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Utica Mutual Insurance Company v. JacobsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972

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