Federal Underwriters Exchange v. Thompson

WALKER, Chief Justice.

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case, with appellee, D. A. Thompson, the employee; appellant, Federal Underwriters Exchange, the compensation insurance carrier; and Peavy-Moore Lumber Company the employer. On the verdict of the jury, appellant on the 22nd day of July, 1938, suffered an inguinal hernia under the conditions prescribed by Sec. 12b of Art. 8306, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St., which resulted in his total, permanent disability; and he was an employee of Peavy-Moore Lumber Company, and not the employee of an independent contractor, at the time he suffered the ■injury.…