Legal Opinion

Cooper v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.

Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)

Decided January 12, 1999No. 07-98-0023-CVPublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRIAN QUINN, Justice.

Before us pends the question of whether an aggravated injury comes within the definition of “injury” or “occupational disease” under the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act. Yvonne Cooper (Cooper) said it did. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. (St.Paul) said it did not. The trial court sided with St. Paul when it entered a final summary judgment denying Cooper workers’ compensation benefits. Now, through four points of error, we are asked to determine whether the trial court was correct. Only two of the four points, however, need be addressed. The first concerns the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Johnson v. City of Fort WorthTexas Supreme Court · 1989
  2. Mitchell Energy Corp. v. AshworthTexas Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Grounds v. Tolar Independent School DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Ector County v. StringerTexas Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Texas Indemnity Insurance v. StaggsTexas Supreme Court · 1940

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Garcia-Marroquin v. Nueces County Bail Bond Board, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1999
  2. Jones v. Clarksville Independent School District, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2001
  3. In Re Ruiz, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2000
  4. State Office of Risk Management v. Escalante, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2005
  5. Peterson v. Continental Casualty Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1999

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