Memorial Hospital of Galveston County v. Gillis

OPINION

SAM BASS, Justice.

This is an appeal in a worker's compensation case. A jury found that the appellee suffered total and permanent disability, and awarded $52,290.59 in damages.

We affirm.

Gillis brought suit against Memorial Hospital of Galveston and Galveston County for an occupational disease she contracted while working at the hospital. Her duties exposed her to chemical cleaning agents used in the morgue, autopsy rooms, and emergency rooms.

On June 27,1979, the appellee was cleaning a room and sprayed some chemical cleaner on a desk. She started gasping for air and coughing, and she…