Legal Opinion

Abeyta v. Travelers Insurance Co.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 15, 1978No. 8879PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ROBINSON, Chief Justice.

In this workers’ compensation case, plaintiff challenges the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence to support jury findings that his injury was not a producing cause of any total or partial incapacity. Plaintiff also contends that the trial court erred in admitting evidence that he received unemployment compensation benefits. Affirmed.

The evidence shows that plaintiff sustained injury on June 28,1974, in the course and scope of his employment for W. D. Turner Construction Company, when the water truck he was driving overturned. Plaintiff alleged that this…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Traylor v. GouldingTexas Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Swinney v. WintersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
  3. Goodpasture, Inc. v. S & J FARMS, INC.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1975
  4. Aguirre v. Pan American Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1967
  5. Hawkins v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1962

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. in the Matter of the Estate of Vernon Lee Downing, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2015

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