Delta Brands, Inc. v. Martinez

WALTER, Justice.

Delta Brands, Inc., has appealed from a judgment awarding Juan Jose Martinez $5,500 for damages sustained by him while performing his duties as a welder for Delta. At the time of Martinez’s injury Delta did not carry workmen’s compensation insurance and did not qualify for the exceptions and was subject to the provisions of Article 8306, Section 1, Vernon’s Ann.Civ. St.

The jury found that Delta failed to provide Martinez with adequate equipment with which to do his work, that this was negligence and a proximate cause of his injury; that Delta had furnished Martinez with a…