Commercial Insurance Co. of Newark v. Smith

596 S.W.2d 661 (1980)

COMMERCIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, Appellant,

v.

Jeannette SMITH, Appellee.

No. 18166.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

March 13, 1980.

Rehearing Denied April 10, 1980.

Fillmore & Camp, and H. Dustin Fillmore and Richard L. Scheer, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Walter E. Steimel, Fort Worth, for appellee.

OPINION

HUGHES, Justice.

This is a workers' compensation case involving the time when an occupational disease first distinctly manifested itself. Jeannette Smith was awarded, by judgment on a jury verdict, permanent partial disability as a result of her…