Legal Opinion

Fluitt v. Employers Mut. Liability Ins. Co. of Wisconsin

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided September 5, 1951No. 12300PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POPE, Justice.

This is a workman’s compensation case in which the plaintiff obtained a jury verdict for twenty weeks total incapacity and fifty weeks partial incapacity for loss of the use of his right leg. The plaintiff in this appeal urges that the trial court erred in three rulings on the evidence. The court would not permit the non-expert party plaintiff to state whether he thought he would be able to do any work in the future, •refused to permit a medical doctor to testify that plaintiff’s disability involved his whole body, and permitted a medical doctor to testify that the injury…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Cobb v. Texas N. O. R. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1937
  2. S. H. Kress & Co. v. BrashierCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
  3. City of Dallas v. MilumCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1947
  4. Kroll v. ScottCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
  5. Port City Lumber Co. v. WadeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1929

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Leija v. American Automobile Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1951
  2. Cottrell v. TEXAS EMPLOYERS'INSURANCE ASSOCIATIONCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956
  3. Minor v. Commercial Insurance Co. of NewarkCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977

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