Texas General Indemnity Co. v. Scott

This is a workmen’s compensation suit filed by Molinda T. Scott, respondent, against Texas General Indemnity Co., petitioner, as the workmen’s compensation insurer of Montgomery Ward & Co., employer. Respondent claimed disability benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Act for alleged injuries sustained by her on March 10, 1950, when she fell while walking across the floor of the employer’s store. The respondent recovered judgment for total and permanent disability benefits, and on appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Seventh Supreme Judicial District, the judgment of the trial…