Garcia v. Texas Indemnity Insurance

This is a workmen’s compensation case filed by Dolores Garcia et al, petitioners, against Texas Indemnity Insurance Co., respondent. The jury’s answers to the special issues were favorable to petitioners, but the trial court overruled their motion for judgment on the verdict and granted respondent’s motion for judgment non obstante veredicto. That judgment was affirmed by the court of civil appeals. 205 S. W. (2d) 803.

Mathew Garcia, husband and father of petitioners, was a dock hand at a merchandising store, in Houston. His principal work was to load and unload trucks. There were two…