Rivas v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

DENTON, Justice.

This workmen’s compensation case resulted in a jury verdict in favor of petitioner and a judgment thereon allowing an award for total and permanent disability. The principal question to be decided is whether the trial court’s refusal of respondent’s request for a shuffle and redrawing of the juror’s names constitutes reversible error. The court of civil appeals reversed and remanded the cause, holding the error was harmful. 466 S.W.2d 823. We reverse the judgment of the court of civil appeals and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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