Dresser Minerals v. Hunt

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The claimant, Henry Hunt, was employed by Dresser Minerals as a miner, working underground. On September 13, 1970, a flying sliver of rock penetrated his right eye, eventually resulting in the complete loss of the use of that eye. Hunt suffered so greatly from anxiety and depression as a consequence of the injury that he became totally disabled, physically and mentally, in March of 1973 he was declared incompetent by the Garland Probate Court, Mrs. Hunt being appointed as his guardian.

The first hearing before a referee was had…