Legal Opinion

Great American Indemnity Company v. Gravell

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 12, 1956No. 13058PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POPE, Justice.

Oscar Gravell sued Great American Indemnity Company, appellant, under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq., and recovered total temporary disability for 600 days for a general disability resulting from a hernia. Great American appeals on points that there is no evidence that the hernia appeared suddenly and immediately, that there is insufficient evidence to support such a finding of the jury, and that there is no proof to support a general recovery instead of a specific recovery for hernia only.

The point that there is no evidence, and the point…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. National Mutual Casualty Co. v. LoweryTexas Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Tally v. Texas Employers' InsuranceTexas Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Layton v. Hammond-Brown-Jennings Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1939
  4. American General Insurance Company v. QuinnCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1955
  5. Texas Employers Insurance Ass'n v. KubiakCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1955

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Texas Employers Insurance Ass'n v. DureeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990
  2. Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. BrantleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1965
  3. Bituminous Casualty Corporation v. MartinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
  4. Home Indemnity Co. v. LopezCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1986
  5. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America v. McGeeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1961

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