Texas Employers' Insurance Association v. United States

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the sole question of whether the United States can recover the cost of medical services provided through a Veterans Administration hospital to an injured veteran-employee covered by the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Act, Texas Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. arts. 8306-8309 (Vernon 1967). The legal issue is a variation of that decided in favor of the Government in United States v. Bender Welding & Machine Co., - F.2d -, Docket Nos. 76-1770 and 76-1916, with which this case was consolidated. In those cases the employees were covered by the federal Longshoremen’s…