Baird v. TEXAS EMPLOYERS'INSURANCE ASSOCIATION

STEAKLEY, Justice.

This is a suit by Mrs. Mary L. Baird for Workmen’s Compensation death benefits. Her husband died while at work and the question is whether the evidence raised fact issues in respects requisite to a recovery. The trial court held not and instructed a verdict for Texas Employers’ Insurance Association, the employer’s compensation carrier. The Court of Civil Appeals has affirmed. 483 S.W.2d 931. We reverse and remand for trial.

Baird was a supervisor for an electric company with its home office in Amarillo, Texas. He had seen a heart specialist in March, 1969, who advised that…