Burleson Independent School District v. Johnston

OPINION

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is a worker's compensation case in which an employee, Mrs. Francis C. Johnston, suffered injury to her back in the course of her employment as a cook with the Burleson Independent School District, on May 16, 1975, while lifting a mixer full of water weighing more than thirty pounds. Mrs. Johnston’s claim for worker’s compensation was not filed until March 17, 1978, some thirty-four months after her accident.1 Trial was to a jury pertinent findings of which are summarized as follows:

1) Plaintiff received an injury on May 16, 1975.

2) She was injured in the…