Legal Opinion
Orange Grove Independent School District v. Rivera
Texas Supreme Court
Decided November 7, 1984No. C-3059PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KILGARLIN, Justice.
The inquiry in this worker’s compensation case is whether in a self-insured’s appeal from an Industrial Accident Board award in a death case, minor beneficiaries must be sued in their individual capacities.
The Industrial Accident Board awarded death benefits to Frances Rivera, individually, and likewise ordered the Orange Grove Independent School District to pay statutory weekly benefits to Frances Rivera, as natural guardian and next friend of Wilfredo Rivera’s three surviving minor children, Noemi, Wilfredo, Jr., and Norma Lee. Orange Grove timely gave notice of its…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Adams v. Consolidated UnderwritersTexas Supreme Court · 1939
- Wright v. JonesTexas Commission of Appeals · 1932
- Ealey v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaTexas Supreme Court · 1983
- Texas Employers Insurance Ass'n v. SarverCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Orange Grove Independent School District v. RiveraCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984
3Cited by16 opinions
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- Sheldon v. Emergency Medicine Consultants, I, P.A.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2001
- Mantis v. ReszCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1999
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