Continental Casualty Co. v. Cook

CURTISS BROWN, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case.

Appellee Raymond Lee Cook (Cook) was injured in the course and scope of his employment on March 2, 1967. Medical attention resulted in surgery on October 17, 1967. On January 12, 1968, ten months following his injury, appellee filed his claim for compensation. Appellee later brought this suit for his compensation claim. The trial court entered judgment for appellee, based on the jury verdict.

The question on this appeal is whether reliance upon personal, subjective feelings corroborated by the advice of a doctor that a claimant will…