Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. Gallegos

BARROW, Chief Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. Appellant, Texas Employers’ Insurance Association, appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict whereby appellee, Jose Gallegos, recovered maximum benefits for total and permanent incapacity, together with the sum of $1,368.39 for unpaid medical expenses.

On February 23, 1965, appellee was injured when struck in the abdomen and chest by a heavy I-beam he was cutting in the scope of his employment for Alamo Junk Company. He was taken to Dr. O. H. Timmons, the company doctor, where he was X-rayed and treated by diathermy. No ribs…