Legal Opinion

Nicholes v. Texas Employers Insurance Ass'n

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 3, 1985No. C-4030PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

2Per curiam

This is a worker’s compensation case. Eudice Nicholes sought death benefits after her husband’s fatal heart attack. The jury failed to find that James Nicholes suffered a heart attack related to his employment. The trial court rendered a take nothing judgment against Nicholes. The court of appeals affirmed in an unpublished opinion. We originally refused writ in this case, no reversible error. On Motion for *58Rehearing, we still refuse the application, no reversible error.

Nicholes argued that the trial court submitted an improper instruction regarding a heart attack in…

3Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Duffey v. HanesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1971
  2. Ledford's Performance Center v. RhodenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979

4Cited by4 opinions

  1. Birnbaum v. Law Offices of G. David Westfall, P.C., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2003
  2. Meuth v. HartgroveCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990
  3. Kwik Wash Laundries, Inc. v. McIntyreCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992
  4. Kwik Wash Laundries, Inc. v. David McIntyre, Thomas McIntyre and Signature Properties of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1992

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