Travelers Insurance Company v. Grimes

BOYD, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. John B. Grimes recovered judgment for compensation for total and permanent disability against Travelers Insurance Company, the insurance carrier for Grimes’ - employer. The insurance company appeals.

Appellee was injured when a 100-pound sack of soda ash dust, which he had cradled in his arms while unloading it from a truck, split and the dust spilled practically all over his body and inside his overalls, burning his body “practically all over.”

The jury found that appellee was totally and permanently disabled by the accident, and that his…