Rowland v. Standard Fire Insurance Co.

BARRON, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. Mrs. Joyce Rowland, plaintiff below and appellant here, sustained an injury while working at a Ramada Inn in Houston on July 7, 1970 when she fell into a bathtub while affixing safety stripping to its surface.

Plaintiff filed suit in the district court against Standard Fire Insurance Company, appellee-carrier, to recover for alleged permanent total disability under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Trial was had before a jury.

Prior to the submission of the charge to the jury the parties stipulated in open court that: (1) plaintiff, Joyce…