Woodlawn Manufacturing, Inc. v. Robinson

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Judge.

Woodlawn Manufacturing, Inc. appeals an adverse judgment awarding Eva Robinson $291,000.00 in damages for injuries she received while employed by Woodlawn. Robinson alleged that Woodlawn’s negligence caused her injuries. Woodlawn is a nonsub-scriber under the workers’ compensation law. Tex. LaboR Code Ann. § 406.001, et seq. (Vernon 1996). Woodlawn challenges the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence supporting the jury’s verdict on which the judgment is based. We reject these challenges and affirm the judgment.

On April 27, 1993, Eva Robinson, a machine…