In Re Texas Mutual Insurance Co.

OPINION

BOB PEMBERTON, Justice.

This original proceeding presents the issue of whether the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over common law breach-of-contract and negligence claims arising from a dispute over the effective date of workers’ compensation insurance coverage. We hold that the plaintiff must exhaust its administrative remedies in the Commission regarding its breach-of-contract claim before the trial court can exercise jurisdiction over either claim. Because such exhaustion can thus remove the impediment to the trial court’s exercise of jurisdiction,…