Combined Specialty Insurance Co. v. Deese

OPINION

Opinion By

Justice FITZGERALD.

Appellant filed this suit for judicial review of a decision by an appeals panel of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission. The trial court dismissed the case on appellee’s second plea to the jurisdiction and awarded appellee her attorneys’ fees and expenses. We reverse and remand.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Proceedings before the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission

Appellee Tina Deese was the general manager of a hotel. In 2003 she made a claim for workers’ compensation benefits, alleging that she had sustained a work-related back injury. Appellant Combined…