Leal v. United States Fire Insurance Co.

BRADY, Justice.

Appellant Leal brought suit to recover workers’ compensation benefits resulting from an injury sustained in a fall from a roof, at a time when he was assisting other workmen in his sole proprietorship, a carpentry enterprise. The parties stipulated the injury arose in the course and scope of appellant’s business. The extent and duration of his injuries were submitted to the jury, which found that appellant had total and permanent loss of use of his left foot and almost ten years of temporary total loss of use to the right foot, with fifty percent permanent loss of use…