United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Bearden

COLLEY, Justice.

In this worker’s compensation case, Gilbert Bearden, plaintiff/appellee, recovered a judgment for compensation for total and permanent incapacity. The jury found the incapacity was produced by repetitious physical traumatic activities sustained by Bearden while in the course and scope of his employment with Valmac Industries (Valmac). The jury also found that the value of past nursing services provided Bearden by his wife was $90,000.

United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Valmac’s insurer under the Worker’s Compensation Act,1 presents three points of error. They challenge…