Mendoza v. Ranger Insurance Co.

OPINION

FENDER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a workers’ compensation case tried before a jury primarily on the issue of the extent and duration of an injury. The trial court, based on the jury’s answers to special issues, held appellant, Mary Mendoza, incurred total incapacity for a duration of four weeks. Appellant appeals from this adverse jury verdict.

We reverse and remand.

At the conclusion of the initial voir dire by the court and prior to impaneling of the jury, appellant’s counsel moved for a mistrial and requested that a new panel of prospective jurors be drawn because a…