TEXAS EMPLOYERS'INSURANCE ASSOCIATION v. Hadley

POPE, Justice.

Texas Employers’ Insurance Association appealed from a judgment on a jury verdict which awarded Alvin Lee Hadley lump sum compensation for 400 weeks total disability at $25 per week. The appeal is predicated upon four points which complain that the insurer was prejudiced by counsel’s argument and one point which states that the verdict of total disability for 400 weeks is supported by no evidence and is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence. We find no merit in the last point, but will discuss thosp concerning the jury argument.

In the closing argument, counsel for the…