Walden v. Royal Globe Insurance Co.

KEITH, Justice.

Our prior opinion in this cause dated November 16, 1978, is withdrawn and this opinion substituted in lieu thereof.

This is a workers’ compensation case wherein the widow and the guardian of two minor children recovered maximum death benefits after a trial by jury. The accrued weekly payments were ordered paid immediately with interest, and the remaining weekly payments were ordered paid weekly in accord with the provisions of Tex.Rev. Civ.Stat.Ann. Art. 8806, Sec. 8(b) (Supp. 1978-79). The court sustained the carrier’s exception to claimants’ allegations seeking a lump sum…