Western Casualty and Surety Company v. Gonzales

REAVLEY, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the question is whether the evidence warrants an award for general disability rather than for no more than a specific injury to the workman’s left hand or arm. The trial court’s judgment was favorable to the workman and awarded him compensation for total and permanent disability. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed with an ably written opinion. 506 S.W.2d 303.

On June 3, 1968, Alfredo Gonzales cut his left hand and severed tendons controlling the middle finger. Gonzales was hospitalized but received no immediate surgical repair.…