Bell v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Company

WERLEIN, Justice.

This suit was brought by appellant, T. J. Bell, to recover workmen’s compensation benefits. After the jury reached its verdict, the verdict was duly accepted and filed in the cause.

Appellee, The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, filed a motion for judgment non obstante veredicto and moved the trial court to enter judgment in favor of appellant, disregarding the answer of the jury to Special Issue No. 1, and to find, as a matter of law, that appellant was totally disabled temporarily from January 25, 1963, the date of his injury, to March 13, 1963. The trial court disregarded…