Johnson v. Pacific Employers Indemnity Company

CALVERT, Chief Justice.

In this suit for benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Law, the trial court’s judgment awarded petitioner Johnson a recovery, in a lump sum, of benefits for total and permanent disability, plus medical expenses in the sum of $5,715.00. The court of civil appeals reversed the judgment of the trial court and rendered judgment that Johnson take nothing. Tex.Civ.App., 431 S.W.2d 787. The court of civil appeals held that the evidence establishes, as a matter of law, that Johnson’s injuries were not sustained in the course and scope of his employment. The court’s holding…