Legal Opinion
Garcia v. Texas Employer's Insurance Ass'n
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 27, 1980No. 1487PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
YOUNG, Justice.
The sole question in this appeal is whether jurisdiction was established in the 139th District Court of Hidalgo County by a premature filing of a suit appealing an award of the Industrial Accident Board. The trial court dismissed the suit for want of jurisdiction. We affirm.
Appellant, Agapito E. Garcia, is employed as a migrant worker who maintains his residence in Hidalgo County. He was injured in the course and scope of his employment while working a cotton press for Plainview Coop Compress on December 21, 1977, in Hale County, Texas. Sometime after his injury, Garcia…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Christy Jean Wand LaCokeTexas Supreme Court · 1979
- Ward v. Charter Oak Fire Insurance Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1979
- Cole v. Texas Employment CommissionCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Crosland v. Texas Employment CommissionCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Garcia v. Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1981
- Bolduc v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of PittsburghCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Mainolfi v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1981
- Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. AlvarezCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983
- Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. OrozcoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984
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