Hood v. Texas Indemnity Insurance

I respectfully dissent from the opinion of the majority. It is erroneous in two important points that control the decision: First, in its ruling that the neurosis from which petitioner suffered as described in Dr. Cline’s testimony is compensable; and second, in its conclusion that Dr. Cline expressed the opinion that petitioner’s neurosis directly resulted from the damage done to the physical structure of his body in the accident.

It will be necessary to make a more complete explanation of the case and also to set out more of the testimony of Dr. Cline, since the majority opinion omits some,…