Manasco v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.

OPINION

STOVER, Justice.

This is an appeal from the granting of a summary judgment. Appellant questions the propriety of the summary judgment granted to a workers’ compensation insurance carrier.

This appeal requires judicial interpretation of a section of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, Tex. Lab.Code Ann. § 410.307 (Vernon 1996):

§ 410.307. Substantial Change of Condition(a)Evidence of the extent of impairment is not limited to that presented to the commission if the court, after a hearing, finds that there is a substantial change of condition. The court’s finding of a substantial change of…