Rivas v. Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n

POFF, Justice.

Gus M. Rivas, appellant, brought a workers’ compensation action against Texas Employers’ Insurance Association (TEIA), ap-pellee, to recover benefits arising from an alleged on-the-job injury to his back. A jury found that appellant was injured in the course of his employment and that the injury was a producing cause of total incapacity from December 31, 1987 to March 28, 1989, and partial incapacity from March 29, 1989 to March 1, 1991. The jury further found Rivas contributed to his incapacity by persisting in injurious practices. The injurious practices contributed 75% of his…