Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. Hamilton

RENFRO, Associate Justice.

OPINION

From a judgment based on a jury verdict, defendant appealed.

In its first four points of error defendant contends there was no evidence to support the jury finding of total and permanent disability, or, that such finding was against the great weight of the evidence.

Deposition testimony of plaintiff taken August 22, 1967: He was injured on March 26, 1966, while lifting drill pipe for his employer, Junior Haney. He immediately felt pain in his back and legs. The back pain was just above or even with his belt line. His legs hurt all the way to the heels. He stayed…