Saunders v. Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n

DENTON, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation ease where the question presented is whether an injured employee’s death which resulted from suicide is compensable under the terms of Article 8306, Section 1, Vernon’s Civil Statutes Annotated, which precludes recovery if “the injury was caused by the willful intention” of the employee. The trial court, based upon a jury verdict, awarded benefits to Saunders’ widow and minor child; however, the court- of civil appeals reversed and rendered, holding that for death by suicide to be compensable it is necessary that the deceased have taken his…