Newman v. Utica National Insurance Co. of Texas

OPINION

OLIVER-PARROTT, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Debra Sue Newman, appeals from an instructed verdict granted in favor of appellee, Utica National Insurance Company of Texas (Utica) on her workers’ compensation case. We affirm.

Newman brought a workers’ compensation suit for injuries received on September 29, 1988, while lifting a box from underneath a table during the course of her duties as an employee for Sir Speedy Printing (Sir Speedy). Sir Speedy carried a valid policy of workers’ compensation insurance through Utica. An award by the Industrial Accident Board of Texas,1 was issued in…