Legal Opinion
Nobles v. Employees Retirement System of Texas
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided July 26, 2001No. 03-00-00769-CVPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIDD, Justice.
Deborah Nobles (“Nobles”) appeals the trial-court judgment affirming a final order issued by the Employees Retirement System of Texas (“ERS”) that denied her insurance claim for accidental death benefits. Nobles asserts that ERS erroneously imposed the burden of negating a policy-exclusion on her. We will affirm.
BACKGROUND
Nobles is an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. As a state employee, she is eligible for the Uniform Group Insurance Program (“the Program”). The insurer for that Program is currently Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Company. 1 Prior to her…
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- Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Public Utility CommissionCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Firemen's Pension Commission v. Jones, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1997
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