Insurance Co. of North America v. Stuebing

OPINION

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

The instant controversy involves a dispute of an injured worker and her attorneys against the Insurance Company of North America (“INA”), insurer under the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, over attorney’s fees to be paid by INA to the worker’s attorney. INA had paid medical, hospital, and weekly compensation benefits to and for the benefit of Mrs. Joseph C. Stuebing, the injured employee of INA’s insured, and eventually settled her compensation claim (except for the INA exposure to liability in the event of future hospital and medical expense). Afterward INA…