Texas Employers Insurance v. Patterson

Respondent Patterson in his suit against petitioner, his employer’s insurer, alleges that his left hand was caught in a metal shaver, that the fingers, the hand and the arm were injured, and that ás a result of the injuries he suffered the total and permanent loss of the use of the fingers and thumb and of the hand and arm. The jury, in answer to issues relating to the loss of the use of the first, second and third fingers of the left hand, found that as a result of the injuries respondent suffered the total loss of the use of each of the three fingers for twelve weeks, and suffered partial…