Injury Fund St. Tx. v. Conrad

OPINION

LIVINGSTON, Justice.

Introduction

This appeal presents the question of whether a worker who is born without a limb can receive benefits from The Second Injury Fund of Texas. The Fund challenges a jury verdict that awarded Adelina Conrad lifetime workers’ compensation benefits after she lost the use of her left arm and hand as a result of a work-related injury. Because Conrad was born without a right hand or wrist, the jury found that the injury to her left arm rendered her totally and permanently disabled and that the Fund had to pay for her total and permanent incapacity. We find that…