Texas Employers Insurance Association v. Doss

GRAY, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. Appellee, Nolan Doss, was an employee of Aluminum Company of America (later called ALCO) at its plant at Rockdale, Texas, and appellant, Texas Employers Insurance Association, was the workmen’s compensation insurance carrier.

ALCO also carried health and accident insurance with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (later called Metropolitan) covering ALCO’s employees for off-the-job sickness and accidents.

Appellee was employed in the pot rooms of ALCO. In these rooms there were larger pots or vats used for melting aluminum ore, they were…