Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. v. McCardell

HAMILTON, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the respondent sued for total and permanent incapacity resulting from an injury to his left hip and back caused by being kicked by a mule. The jury found respondent totally incapacitated for a period of five weeks, and inasmuch as petitioner had already paid that amount, judgment was entered that respondent take nothing. The Court of Civil Appeals has reversed and remanded. 360 S.W.2d 831. Hartford is petitioner here.

Petitioner contends that the Court of Civil Appeals was in error in holding, first, that the trial court was in…