Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. Adams

ELLIS, Chief Justice.

In this workmen’s compensation case, the trial court rendered judgment based on a jury verdict favorable to Mrs. Doris M. Adams, plaintiff, against Texas Employers’ Insurance Association, the defendant insurance carrier, for death benefits resulting from the fatal personal injuries suffered by her son, Tony Michael Adams, in a vehicular accident on a public highway as he was on his way to work for his employer. In its appeal, the insurance carrier contends that under the circumstances of this case the death of Adams was not compensable under the Workmen’s Compensation Law…