Legal Opinion
Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund v. Serrano
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided January 7, 1999No. 13-95-482-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHAVEZ, Justice.
In this case the Texas Worker’s Compensation Insurance Fund (the Fund) argues that its subrogation interest in a settlement received by a worker’s compensation beneficiary and his family from a third-party tort-feasor was circumvented by the manner that the settlement was apportioned among the family. The issue before us is whether there was legally and factually sufficient evidence to support the trial court’s apportionment of the settlement proceeds among the appellees. We hold that legally and factually sufficient evidence was present, and affirm the judgment of the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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