Fields v. Burlison Packing Company

OPINION

LANGDON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment non obstante veredicto for appellee. Appellant Etta Belle Fields, as plaintiff, sued the Burlison Packing Company, as defendant, for damages for personal injuries received by her in the course of employment. The parties will be referred to as in the trial court.

The defendant, although eligible, did not carry Workmen’s Compensation Insurance and therefore, was barred from common law defenses of contributory negligence, assumed risk and negligence of a fellow servant, Art. 8306, § 1 (4), Vernon’s Ann. Tex.Civ.St.

It is necessary, however,…