TEX. EMP. INS. ASS'N v. Herron

569 S.W.2d 549 (1978)

TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Appellant,

v.

Elbert N. HERRON, Appellee.

No. 1315.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

June 26, 1978.

Rehearing Denied August 29, 1978.

James W. Wray, Jr., H. T. Hermansen, Jr., Dyer, Redford, Burnett, Wray & Woolsey, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

Anthony F. Constant, Corpus Christi, for appellee.

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is a workmen's compensation case. The injured employee, Elbert N. Herron, filed his claim with the Industrial Accident Board more than six months after the accident took place. The Board made an award…