Aetna Casualty & Surety Company v. Jennusa

KEITH, Justice.

Our prior opinion in this cause is withdrawn and the following substituted in lieu thereof.

We consider an appeal from a judgment which awarded the maximum death benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Law, plus $3,086.25 for medical expenses to the widow of the deceased workman. The judgment is based upon a claim of an occupational disease, asbestosis, made under the provisions of Article 8306, §§ 20-26, V.A. C.S.

The widow-plaintiff testified that the deceased had been an asbestos worker during all of the thirty-five years of their married life. A fellow worker, Pete…