Davis v. Texas Employers Insurance Ass'n

OPINION

OSBORN, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case for death benefits in which the trial Court granted a summary judgment for the insurance company because the widow did not timely file her claim with the Industrial Accident Board. Having concluded that the evidence in the trial Court did not show as a matter of law that good cause did not exist for the late filing of the claim, we reverse and remand the case.

The Appellant alleged that on December 11, 1970, her husband, Henry Davis, Jr., while lifting equipment in the course of his employment, sustained an accidental injury which…