Mid-Continent Casualty Co. v. Whatley

*476ROWE, Justice.

In this workers’ compensation case, Mid-Continent Casualty Company (Mid-Continent), insurance carrier for Garrett Builders, the building firm that employed Don B. Whatley (Whatley), the employee who was injured, seeks to set aside a jury finding that Whatley was injured in the course of his employment. Citing TEX.REV.CIV. STAT.ANN. art. 8309, § 1 (Vernon 1967), which provides that injuries caused by an act of God totally unrelated to employment are not compensable, Mid-Continent contends that the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support the jury’s affirmative…