Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Parrish

OPINION

HALL, Justice.

This is an appeal by the insurance car-rjer jn a workmen’s compensation case.

Without dispute in the record, appellee sustained an injury to his back on June 1, 1962, while in the course of his employment. The injury resulted in the removal of the fifth lumbar disc and a spinal fusion. Appellee’s claim for compensation was not acted upon by the Industrial Accident Board until February 3, 1970. Appellant initiated the trial de novo from the award of the Board.

Trial was to a jury which made findings that total disability sustained by appellee as a result of the injury on…