Service Lloyds Insurance Co. v. Bowser

OPINION

LATTIMORE, Justice.

In this workers’ compensation case, Service Lloyds Insurance Company appeals from a judgment rendered on a jury verdict finding that Douglas Bowser was totally and permanently incapacitated on two occasions, beginning on October 10, 1988, and January 25, 1989. The principal question on appeal is whether direct medical evidence is the only competent evidence to prove the amount or percentage that the prior injuries contributed to Bowser’s total and permanent incapacity in 1989. See former Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 8306, § 12c.1 Because we conclude that other forms of…