Court Opinion

ID: 9778137
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 20:33:52.689177+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:33:04.007100
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ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
On motion for rehearing, the appellant urges this court to reconsider its holding that no error is shown by the trial court’s failure to submit an additional explanatory definition requested by appellant dealing with the term “injury sustained in the course of employment.” This additional explanatory definition was inadvertently referred to as an instruction in the opinion delivered by this court. We reaffirm our holding that the trial court did not err in refusing to submit the requested definition. In our opinion, the requested definition would add nothing to the definition given previously by the court. The effect of such explanatory definition would be substantially the same. Anchor Casualty Co. v. Patterson, 239 S.W.2d 904, 908 (Tex.Civ. App.-Eastland 1951, writ ref’d n.r.e.). The statutory definition of “injury in the course of employment” as set out in Article 8309, sec. 1, subdivision 4, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann., was submitted by the trial court. We feel that this definition was sufficient and that no further definition was required to be submitted by the trial court. Thompson v. Employees Lloyds, 292 S.W.2d 643, 647 (Tex.Civ.App.-Dallas 1956, writ ref’d n.r. e.). Accordingly, we adhere to our original decision. Appellant’s motion for rehearing is respectfully overruled.