Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Wilson

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

This is a Workmen’s Compensation Law case. * The trial court judgment awarded compensation benefits on the basis of a jury-finding of total and permanent disability. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

Injury to the employee in this case occurred December 5, 1967. Claim for disability compensation was not filed with the Industrial Accident Board until July 28, 1969. The interval between injury and claim for compensation was approximately twenty months. A claim for compensation is required by Vernon’s Tex.Rev.Civ.Stats. Anno. art. 8307, Sec. 4a, to be filed…