Director, State Employees Workers' Compensation Division v. Dominguez

OPINION

FULLER, Justice.

The injured worker was awarded total and permanent benefits after a contested jury trial. We affirm.

The Appellee, Jose Luis Dominguez, was employed by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC). He worked at a toll booth at the International Bridge separating the cities of Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas, where he collected taxes due on liquor and cigarettes brought into Texas. This case, under the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, arose as a result of an alleged on-the-job injury when Dominguez fell and injured his tailbone, back and head. The jury found that…