Brookshire Grocery Company v. Goss

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice CARTER.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of an employee against an employer, a nonsubscriber within the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, in which a jury awarded employee, Barbara Goss, $726,078.50 in damages for physical pain and mental anguish, loss of earning capacity, physical impairment, and medical expenses in connection with an accident on the employer’s premises.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Goss began working at Brookshire Grocery Company in Quitman in 1999. She worked for a while in the Mineóla store, but had returned to the Quitman store and, in…