Legal Opinion

Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. Flores

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided July 23, 1980No. 6957PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

OSBORN, Justice.

This is a worker’s compensation case in which the jury found the claimant had sustained total and permanent incapacity. The Appellant attacks such findings with points of error asserting that the evidence was legally insufficient and factually insufficient to support the verdict. We sustain the factually insufficient evidence point, and reverse and remand for a new trial.

The Appellee, Dolores Flores, was employed as a truck driver at the automobile proving grounds near Pecos when the truck he was driving turned over on February 6, 1978. As a result of the accident, he…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Garza v. AlviarTexas Supreme Court · 1965
  2. Commercial Insurance Co. of Newark v. PuenteCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1976
  3. Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. VineyardCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1958
  4. TEXAS EMPLOYERS'INSURANCE ASSOCIATION v. HawkinsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1965
  5. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America v. CadyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. ApplewhiteCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1981
  2. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh v. SotoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991
  3. Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. PaxtonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1981
  4. American Home Assurance Co. v. Guevara, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1986
  5. American Home Assurance Co. v. Guevara, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1986

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