Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. Upshaw

COLLINGS, Justice.

This is a workman’s compensation case. W. R. Upshaw brought separate suits against Texas Employers’ Insurance Association, appealing from two separate awards of the Industrial Accident Board. In the first suit, Upshaw sought compensation for claimed injuries on or about April 9, 1957, to his neck, upper back, shoulders, dorsal and lumbar spine which he alleged caused 50% permanent partial disability. In the second suit, Upshaw alleged that on December 9, 1957, he sustained injuries to his back, neck, arms, hips and pelvis which caused total and permanent disability. By…