Traders & General Ins. Co. v. Heath

This is a workmen's compensation case. The jury found that the employee suffered an injury which totally and permanently disabled him, and the award was reduced to a lump sum, amounting to $7,020. The jury found against the defensive issue that the employee sustained the injury while in an intoxicated state. The insurance company, hereafter called appellant, sharply contests the findings that the employee's incapacity was total and permanent.

Said award for total incapacity is based upon the jury's answers to special issues Nos. 4, 5 and 7. By its answers to said special issues, the jury…