Texas General Indemnity Company v. McIlvain

BARRON, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation suit. Plaintiffs are Mrs. Alpha Mcllvain and husband, Ottis Eugene Mcllvain, and the defendant is Texas General Indemnity Company, compensation insurer of Sidney Meyers, Inc. Mrs. Mcllvain was an employee working in the meat department, and at the time of the accident she was weighing packaged meat when she was suddenly injured in the area of her back which caused a numbness in her left leg.

After a hearing the jury awarded Mrs. Mcllvain $14,030.30 for total permanent incapacity by reason of her on-the-job injuries. The trial court rendered…