Dallas County v. Romans

DUNAGAN, Chief Justice.

The appellee, Willie R. Romans, brought this workmen’s compensation case against Dallas County, Texas. Romans was employed as a turn-key at the Dallas County Jail on December 22,1975, when the alleged injury occurred. The medical testimony was to the effect that the pushing on the steel door in the turn-key’s booth brought on a heart attack suffered by Romans.

On the day in question, Romans was scheduled to work an eight hour shift beginning this day at 2:30 p.m. A meeting was regularly held ten minutes before each shift was going on, so Romans was actually set to start…