Legal Opinion
Texas Department of Insurance, Workers' Compensation Division v. De Los Santos
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided August 27, 2014No. 04-13-00419-CVPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by:
REBECA C. MARTINEZ, Justice.
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (“the Division”) appeals from a trial court judgment awarding Roel De Los Santos lifetime income benefits. The Division argues that the evidence is insufficient to support the award of lifetime income benefits and that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to order the Subsequent Injury Fund to pay lifetime income benefits. We modify the judgment to delete the language ordering the Subsequent Injury Fund to pay the lifetime income benefits. As modified, we affirm the judgment of…
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