Legal Opinion

Texas Employers Insurance Ass'n v. Rivera

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 3, 1985No. 14223PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EARL W. SMITH, Justice.

This is a workers’ compensation case wherein the employee, Richard Rivera, received accidental concurrent general (to his head) and specific (to his right leg) injuries. Judgment for Rivera for general incapacity was based on jury answers to the first eight special issues in which the jury was permitted to find total temporary incapacity followed by a partial permanent incapacity, based upon the combined effects of the general and specific injuries.

In its sole point of error, appellant, Texas Employers Insurance Association (T.E.I. A.), contends that the trial court…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Select Insurance Co. v. BoucherTexas Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Southern Underwriters v. BoswellTexas Supreme Court · 1942
  3. Texas General Indemnity Co. v. ScottTexas Supreme Court · 1952
  4. Hargrove v. Trinity Universal InsuranceTexas Supreme Court · 1953
  5. Texas Employers' Ins. v. MorenoTexas Commission of Appeals · 1925

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. v. Callejo, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1987
  2. Rivera v. Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'nTexas Supreme Court · 1986

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