Great American Indemnity Co. v. Sams

Mr. Judge Slatton,

of the Commission of Appeals, delivered the opinion for the Court.

This is a compensation case. M. Sams recovered a judgment for a general injury against the Great American Indemnity Company, which was affirmed by the Beaumont Court of Civil Appeals, 170 S. W. (2d) 564. The appeal of the insurance carrier is predicated upon claimed errors in the submission of the case to the jury.

The employee claimed a general injury, while the carrier asserted a specific injury, to the left wrist and arm. The trial court submitted to the jury the question as to whether the injury affected…