Texas General Indemnity Co. v. Martin

CHADICK, Justice. 1

This is a workers’ compensation law case. A jury trial resulted in findings that the injuries to Michael Wheeler Martin, plaintiff in the trial court and Appellee here, resulted in total and permanent loss of use of his right hand at or above the wrist, and total and permanent loss of use of his right leg at or above the ankle. Based on these findings, the trial court entered judgment for weekly compensation benefits to Mr. Martin for the rest of his life and payment of weekly installments of earned fees to his attorney for a like period.

Mr. Martin, forty-two years of age,…