Goodwin v. Texas General Indemnity Co.

OPINION

BULLOCK, Justice.

This is a worker’s compensation case, involving an occupational disease, in which the trial court entered a summary judgment in favor of the insurance carrier, ap-pellee herein. The claimant, appellant herein, surviving spouse of the deceased workmen, failed to file her claim with the Industrial Accident Board within six months after her husband’s death as required by Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 8307, § 4a (Vernon 1967). Appellee timely filed suit to set aside the board award, and the claimant filed a cross-action in which she reasserted her right to compensation…