Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. Paxton

OPINION

WARD, Justice.

This is a workers’ compensation case in which the jury found that Barry Paxton sustained 15 weeks of temporary total disability and 386 weeks of partial disability. The jury further found that the earning capacity during the period of partial disability was the sum of $70.00 a week. The trial Court entered judgment for the workman for 14 weeks and 2 days temporary total disability, and maximum benefits for partial disability for the maximum 300 weeks, based on an earning capacity reduced to $70.00 per week from the $235.38 stipulated as an average weekly wage at the time…