Houston Fire & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Brittian

STEPHENSON, Justice.

This is a case brought under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Trial was by jury, and judgment was for plaintiff that he recover the maximum benefits for a period of 200 weeks. The parties will be referred to here as they were in the trial court.

The jury found that plaintiff sustained 200 weeks of total incapacity beginning April 8, 1963. The jury also found that plaintiff sustained 200 weeks of partial incapacity beginning the same date. Defendant contends that there is a fatal conflict in these two findings. The jury also found that plaintiff had no wage earning capacity…