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This case involves an appeal from a judgment awarding total and permanent worker’s compensation benefits to E. V. Lee for a 1973 back injury sustained while employed by Chemical Express Carrier Company. The Court of Civil Appeals had reversed and remanded, a decision approved by this court by refusing the writ of error. The refusal was based on the improper exclusion of Lee's prior testimony from a separate 1975 injury case, where he testified the 1975 injury was the sole cause of his incapacity, which was relevant to the sole cause defense in the current case. However, this court disapproved the Court of Civil Appeals' holding that Lee was estopped from claiming permanent incapacity from the 1973 injury and its instruction to limit retrial to temporary incapacity, citing a state law allowing recovery for multiple total and permanent incapacity claims. Consequently, the motion for rehearing was overruled.
Lee v. Texas General Indemnity Co. is a workers' compensation case decided in Texas Supreme Court. This case addresses legal issues related to compensation claims, benefits, and court rulings.
It is commonly referenced in legal research involving workers' compensation laws in Texas Supreme Court.
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This case involves an appeal from a judgment awarding total and permanent worker’s compensation benefits to E. V. Lee for a 1973 back injury sustained while employed by Chemical Express Carrier Company. The Court of Civil Appeals had reversed and remanded, a decision approved by this court by refusing the writ of error. The refusal was based on the improper exclusion of Lee's prior testimony from a separate 1975 injury case, where he testified the 1975 injury was the sole cause of his incapacity, which was relevant to the sole cause defense in the current case. However, this court disapproved the Court of Civil Appeals' holding that Lee was estopped from claiming permanent incapacity from the 1973 injury and its instruction to limit retrial to temporary incapacity, citing a state law allowing recovery for multiple total and permanent incapacity claims. Consequently, the motion for rehearing was overruled.
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