Southern Underwriters v. Samanie

Mr. Presiding Judge Smedley

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.

This is a workmen’s compensation case, in which plaintiff in error, The Southern Underwriters, is the insurer and defendant in error, Samanie, the claimant. The district court, in trial before a jury on special issues, rendered judgment in favor of defendant in error against plaintiff in error for $6,655.39, being compensation at the rate of $20.00 a week for 401 weeks, reduced to a lump sum. The trial court’s judgment was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. 130 S. W. (2d) 1090.

It was held by the…