Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n v. Scott

LUMPKIN, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The appellee, W. Mac Scott, was the employee. The appellant, Texas Employers’ Insurance Association, was the compensation insurance carrier, and The Shamrock Oil & Gas Corporation was the employer. The appellee filed this suit against the appellant as an appeal from an adverse award of the Industrial Accident Board.

On January 2, 1949, the appellee was assisting in repairing an engine located on his employer’s property. An explosion occurred which threw the appellee to the ground. From this explosion the appellee alleged that he had…