Allen v. Employers Casualty Co.

REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.

Appealing from the take-nothing judgment rendered in her action seeking death benefits under the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act), 1 Patsy Allen, individually and as next friend of Darin Beau Allen, a minor, contends the jury’s failure to find that her deceased husband’s fatal heart attack was compensable under the Act was against the great weight and preponderance of the evidence. Allen also makes an appellate contention that section 408.008 of the Act is unconstitutional. 2 Based upon the authorities discussed, the trial court’s judgment will be affirmed.

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