Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Almuina

OPINION

OSBORN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding workmen’s compensation benefits based upon jury findings of total and permanent incapacity. We affirm.

There is no real dispute in this case about the injured employee’s incapacity, but the sole issue is with regard to who was the employer at the time of the accident. J & J Farms, Inc. and Balmorhea Feeders, Inc. are both corporations operating feedlots in Reeves County. In 1973 and 1974, J & J Farms, Inc. was owned by Joe Lee McMahon and members of his family. Balmorhea Feeders, Inc. was owned one-half by the McMahon family and…