Continental Casualty Insurance Co. v. Functional Restoration Associates

in which Justice ENOCH, Justice BAKER, Justice HANKINSON and Justice O’NEILL joined, and in Part III of which Justice GONZALES joined.

In this case we determine whether Continental Casualty Insurance Co. (“Continental”) is entitled to judicial review of a medical benefits decision by the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission’s Hearings Division. The trial court dismissed Continental’s suit for want of jurisdiction. The court of appeals reversed, holding that although the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act does not confer a statutory right to judicial review of medical benefits disputes,…