Cadengo v. Compass Insurance Co.

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a take-nothing judgment in a worker’s compensation case. Appellant brought suit seeking additional benefits for an injury he sustained to his back while working for Skytop Rig Company in Victoria, Texas. The jury found that a claim for compensation was sent to the Industrial Accident Board (I.A.B.) on appellant’s behalf within the required six months after the injury. The trial court, however, granted appellee’s motion to disregard this finding and rendered judgment that appellant take nothing. We reverse the trial court’s judgment.

In his first…