Traders and General Insurance Company v. Rockey

PITTS, Chief Justice.

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case in which appellant, Traders and General Insurance Company, was the insurance carrier for the Slaton Co-operative Gin Company, the employer by whom appellee, L. A. Hockey, was employed on October 17, 1952, when he received alleged injuries to his back while removing a bale of cotton from a gin press, out of which alleged injuries this suit arose. The case was tried to a jury upon special issues submitted and judgment was rendered upon the verdict awarding total incapacity benefits to ap-pellee for a temporary perio.d of 14 weeks and 75…