Penny Riggs v. Old Republic Insurance Company

Opinion filed October 1, 2020 In The Eleventh Court of Appeals __________ No. 11-18-00276-CV __________ PENNY RIGGS, Appellant V. OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee On Appeal from the 35th District Court Brown County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. CV1310459 MEMORANDUM OPINION This is an appeal from a denial of workers’ compensation death benefits with the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC). The DWC determined that the deceased did not sustain a compensable injury and that the injury occurred while the deceased was intoxicated, relieving the carrier of…