Texas Compensation Insurance Co. v. Matthews

GUITTARD, Justice.

This workmen’s compensation case was tried without a jury on an agreed statement of facts. The sole question in the trial court was whether plaintiff’s injuries were sustained in the course of her employment. The trial court held that they were, and we affirm.

Plaintiff was injured on two occasions when crossing a street on the way from her parking lot to her place of employment. She was employed by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company at its building on the southeast corner of Haskell and Bryan Streets in Dallas. Normally she had no occasion to cross Bryan Street on her way…