Milton Goldman, D/B/A Popular Cleaners and Texas Employers Insurance Association v. Alicia Torres, a Feme Sole

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court reversed the Court of Civil Appeals and affirmed the trial court, holding that a disfigurement that is part of the same injury to the same body part as a loss‑of‑use award is not a separate compensable injury, so the claimant is limited to the schedule award for loss of a hand (150 weeks) rather than the 300‑week award for disfigurement.