Maryland Casualty Co. v. Morua

RICE, Chief Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. Herminie Valdez Morua, joined by her husband, and Esther Valdez, a minor, brought this suit for death benefits because of the death of their father, Alfredo R. Valdez, who, they alleged, died of heat exhaustion at The Texas Company’s plant in Port Arthur, Texas, on June 12, 1942. Based on the findings of the jury, judgment was rendered for plaintiffs, and defendant has appealed.

By its first group of points appellant takes the position that there is no admissible evidence of probative force in this record raising the issue that heat…