Houston General Insurance Co. v. Lujan

I concur.

The term “injury sustained in the course of employment” is defined in Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 8309, sec. 1 (Vernon Supp. 1987), to include “injuries of every kind and character having to do with and originating in the work, business, trade or profession of the employer received by an employee while engaged in or about the furtherance of the affairs or business of his employer whether upon the employer’s premises or elsewhere.”

That language establishes two requirements in order for a worker to recover *36benefits under the statute. First, the injury must have occurred while the…