BIG BIRD TREE SERVICES v. Gallegos

OPINION

Opinion By

Justice O’NEILL.

In this suit for damages for an on-the-job-injury, Big Bird Tree Services appeals a judgment granted in favor of its former employee Julian Gallegos. In two issues, Big Bird contends (1) the trial court erroneously awarded medical expenses that were not “actually incurred,” and (2) Gallegos did not present sufficient evidence to support the jury’s award of lost wages. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

Big Bird is a landscape and tree-cutting company. Big Bird hired Gallegos as a manual laborer. On the day of the accident, Gallegos…