Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Camacho

OPINION

HOLLIS HORTON, Justice.

We resolve two principal questions in this appeal. First, we determine if the evidence in this workers’ compensation case is legally sufficient to support the jury’s finding that Mario Camacho suffered a skull injury. Second, we decide whether the trial court improperly instructed the jury to give the decision of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission no special weight. We answer both questions in the affirmative and reverse and remand the case for a new trial.

TRIAL TESTIMONY AND VERDICT

Camacho was a rancher with more than twenty years’ experience at the time…