Planet Insurance Co. v. Serrano

OPINION

HILL, Justice 1 .

In this worker’s compensation case, Planet Insurance Company appeals from a trial court’s dismissal of its appeal from a final decision of an administrative appeals panel of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission. Planet contends in five points of error that the trial court erred in granting the Motion To Dismiss for Want of Jurisdiction filed by Manuel Serrano, the worker, because: (1) the service provision of § 410.253 of the Texas Labor Code, Title V, Subtitle A, is directory rather than mandatory and is therefore not a jurisdictional requirement; (2) the Texas…