Coleman v. Pacific Employers Insurance Company

DUNAGAN, Chief Justice.

This is a workman’s compensation case in which trial was to a jury, which decided in response to special issues that the plaintiff-appellant had sustained both a specific and a general injury. The jury further found that the specific injury produced a loss of use of the plaintiff’s arm and the general injury produced a period of total incapacity. The appellant, plaintiff below, appeals from a judgment based upon this verdict.

Appellant in his brief states: “During the trial of the case while the plaintiff was on the witness stand, he was asked by his attorney about the…