Houston Fire & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Dieter

STEAKLEY, Justice.

This is an agreed workmen’s compensation case submitted in accordance with Rule 262, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. Petitioner is the compensation carrier; Respondent is the injured employee and claimant. The one question presented for decision is whether Petitioner, who had not invoked the provisions of Section 12e of Article 8306 1 , was entitled in the trial of the case to make proof of the possible bene ficial effects of pre-trial surgery voluntarily undertaken by Respondent at the hands of his personal physician. The agreed statement of facts submitted to the trial…