Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n v. Henson

This is a compensation case in which the defendant in error was found to be totally and permanently incapacitated by reason of a hernia received in the course of his employment, from which he failed to obtain relief through a surgical operation.

The jury found in answer to a special issue that manifest hardship and injustice would result to defendant in error if the insurer should fail to redeem its liability in a lump sum. There was ho pleading, evidence, or finding as to wha't would constitute a reasonable rate of discount for a lump sum settlement for the weekly compensation to which…