Yates v. Equitable Gen. Ins. Co. of Texas

OPINION

BULLOCK, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary ¡.judgment rendered in favor of the appellee insurance carrier in a worker’s compensation case based on the appellant’s failure to file his claim for compensation within six months from the date of injury. The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded for trial.

The appellant sustained an injury in Harris County, on June 16, 1981, and the Industrial Accident Board awarded him compensation on August 20, 1982. The appel-lee then filed suit in Harris County on August 23, 1982, to set aside the Board’s award. The appellant, a resident of…