State Ex Rel. Second Injury Fund v. Mireles

OPINION

ENOCH, Chief Justice.

The State of Texas as trustee of the Second Injury Fund (the State) appeals from a judgment in a bench trial in favor of Felix T. Míreles. In its sole point of error, the State contends that the trial court erred as a matter of law in ordering that lifetime benefits be paid from the Second Injury Fund. We overrule its point and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Mireles lost the vision in his left eye in a childhood accident. On January 14, 1986, he lost the vision in his right eye in an accident occurring during the course and scope of his employment. Mireles…