Maryland Casualty Co. v. Duke

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Maryland Casualty’s appeal in this workers’ compensation case questions the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence supporting the jury’s findings that Crystal Duke was totally and permanently disabled on April 1, 1989. Maryland also contends that the award improperly included benefits beyond 401 weeks from the date of her injury. We find that the evidence is sufficient to support the award, but agree that the award covered an improper interval.

Duke slipped and fell while working part-time as a waitress at the Pizza Hut in Bonham. She was treated briefly…