Oswald v. Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n

GRANT, Justice.

William A. Oswald, Jr. appeals his workers’ compensation case because he was not found to be totally incapacitated. Oswald contends that the trial court erred by denying his motion for directed verdict and for judgment non obstante veredicto because the evidence establishes conclusively that his injury rendered him totally incapacitated. Alternatively, he contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a new trial because the jury’s verdict was against the great weight and preponderance of the evidence.

On December 3, 1985, while employed as a janitor at Newcourt,…