TEXAS EMPLOYERS'INSURANCE ASSOCIATION v. Dempsey

PEDEN, Justice.

Workmen’s Compensation case. In response to the jury’s request, the trial judge had the court reporter read back to the jury the testimony of one doctor concerning the claimant’s disability. This act of the trial judge and his selection of the testimony to be read are the subjects of the appellant insurance carrier’s only complaints on this appeal.

The claimant, Mr. Dempsey, was employed by Armour and Company as driver of a delivery truck. He testified that on July 31, 1972, while he was unloading a hindquarter of meat in Lake Charles, La., he slipped and felt pain in his back…