Navarette v. Temple Independent School District

OPINION

HILL, Chief Justice.

This is a workers’ compensation case. The trial court disregarded the jury’s finding concerning the duration of Susie Na-varette’s total loss of use of her left leg below the knee and rendered judgment notwithstanding the verdict. In an unpublished opinion, the court of appeals affirmed that judgment. We reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and render judgment for Navarette.

Susie Navarette was employed by the Temple Independent School District as a cafeteria worker. On February 1, 1980, Navarette was injured when she tripped over a dough mixer and broke her…