Legal Opinion

Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. Brinkley

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided July 7, 1961No. 16226PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOYD, Justice.

This is an appeal by Texas Employers’ Insurance Association from a judgment in a workmen’s compensation case awarding Harry Brinkley compensation for total and permanent disability. Brinkley sustained injuries when his right hand and forearm were caught in the mechanism of a rock crusher. The jury found that Brinkley’s injuries extended to and affected other parts of his body, rendering him totally and permanently disabled.

Appellant’s first point for reversal is that the court erred in giving the *322following instruction to the jury: “You are instructed that neither total…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Consolidated Underwriters v. LangleyTexas Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Denbow v. Standard Accident InsuranceTexas Supreme Court · 1945
  3. Meyer v. Great American Indemnity CompanyTexas Supreme Court · 1955
  4. General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp. v. MurphyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960
  5. Lumbermen's Mut. Casualty Co. v. ZinnCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Hix v. Potlatch Forests, Inc.Idaho Supreme Court · 1964
  2. Maryland American General Insurance Co. v. LeffingwellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
  3. Ruddell v. Charter Oak Fire Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1972

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