Texas Supreme Court

James O. Walker v. Texas Employers' Insurance Association

June 13, 1956155 Tex. 617

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court reversed the Court of Civil Appeals and affirmed the trial court's judgment, holding that the unresponsive witness statement did not require reversal because any prejudice was curable by instruction, and that the trial court's method of calculating compensation was proper. The Court also clarified the harmless error standard requiring both a showing of reasonable calculation and probable causation of error.