Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. Second Injury Fund

KEITH, Justice.

The defendant below appeals from an adverse judgment involving a death claim under the Workers’ Compensation Statute.

Percy Hall Smith, Jr., died of injuries he received in the course of his employment with Cities Service Company. His adult sons and estranged wife filed claims for death benefits under the compensation stat*527ute and the Industrial Accident Board made and entered its final award in the case.

Texas Employers’ Insurance Association, the compensation insurance carrier for the deceased’s employer, duly perfected an appeal from the final award to the district court naming…