Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. Tobias

OPINION

TIJERINA, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a worker’s compensation case. The trial court rendered judgment for the children of the deceased employee for the maximum amount of $70.00 per week with a rever-sionary interest to Mrs. Tobias, the surviving wife.

The worker, Frutoso Tobias, was killed on February 11, 1976, while working for H.B. Zachry Company. He was survived by his wife, Mariana Tobias, and six children. It appears that appellant had previously filed suit (cause number 77-CI-17189) contesting the final award of the Industrial Accident Board, rendered November 1,…