Transport Insurance Co. v. Campbell

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding Jimmie Q. Campbell total and permanent disability benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Act. The Transport Insurance Company contends that there is no evidence that a blow to the back of Campbell’s head sustained in the course of his employment was the producing cause of the total incapacity subsequently sustained by Campbell due to a stroke (hemiplegia).

Mr. Campbell was a long haul truck driver employed by J. H. Rose Truck Line. On October 12, 1973 he drove into the Rose Truck terminal located in…