Griffin v. Superior Insurance Company

*197Mr. Justice Griffin

delivered the opinion of the Court. ■

In this workmen’s compensation case, the jury found that Griffiin had been totally and permanently disabled. His wage rate was found to be $90 per week (reduced to $80 by remittitur) which entitled him to the maximum compensation rate of $35 per week. The jury found that Griffin had not worked substantially the whole of a year at his employment. It further found that there was no other worker of the same class who had done similar work in the same or neighboring place. The jury therefore fixed his wages, under the Texas statute, as that…