Northbrook National Insurance Co. v. Goodwin

OPINION

EVANS, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Northbrook National Insurance Company, appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict, pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act. The judgment awarded the plaintiff payment for total and permanent disability and also awarded the sum of $10,500.00 for his medical expenses. We affirm.

On October 1, 1981, the plaintiff, an employee of Mobile Concrete, Inc., was driving one of his employer’s cement trucks when he had to take evasive action to avoid a collision with an oncoming vehicle. The plaintiff testified that because the truck was low on…