Parker v. Equitable General Insurance Co.

OPINION

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by plaintiff Parker from a judgment in a worker’s compensation case. Plaintiff sued defendant Insurance Company for compensation for an alleged back injury. Judgment was rendered based on a jury verdict of 4 weeks of total incapacity plus medical expenses and plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff alleged he suffered injuries in the course and scope of his employment on June 22, 1981, at the Plantation Foods turkey farm near Lexington in Lee County, Texas.

Trial was to jury which found:(1) Plaintiff received an injury on June 22, 1981.(2) Such injury was…