Health-Tex, Inc. v. West

This workmen's compensation case concerns an acute allergic dermatitis suffered by the employee, Mrs. West.

Many facts were stipulated, including that her condition arose out of the course of her employment with the defendant. The primary question in the trial court was the extent of her disability. After a non-jury trial, the final judgment specified that the employee was permanently and totally disabled. The issue on appeal is the sufficiency of the trial evidence to support that adjudication. Accordingly, our inquiry and recital of facts shall be largely limited to that aspect.

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