Legal Opinion

Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. Percell

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 16, 1980No. 9080PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.

Texas Employers’ Insurance Association appeals from a judgment decreeing that Mary E. Percell recover benefits for total and permanent incapacity. By assuming the fact of Mrs. Percell’s injury in some special issues to which T.E.I.A. objected, the court’s jury charge constituted an impermissible comment on the weight of the evidence. Reversed and remanded. Mrs. Percell sought workers’ compensation benefits for an injury sustained on 9 July 1977 during the course of her employment. The parties agree that, under this record, the questions of her injury and the nature and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Metal Structures Corp. v. Plains Textiles, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1971
  2. Texas Employers Insurance v. McKayTexas Supreme Court · 1948
  3. Gordon v. McIntoshCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
  4. Cannaday v. MartinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934
  5. Texas N. O. R. Co. v. EastCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Baker Marine Corp. v. MoseleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982
  2. Sutherland v. Illinois Employers Insurance Co. of WausauCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad v. AlvarezCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984
  4. Security Insurance Co. v. NasserCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
  5. Baker Marine Corp. v. MoseleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982

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