Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. Garza

ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF ERROR

Texas Employers’ Insurance Association (TEIA) appealed from an adverse judgment in favor of Juan S. Garza in a worker’s compensation case. TEIA complained that a letter written by an attorney to the Industrial Accident Board advising of his representation of Garza for an on-job injury did not satisfy the six months notice of injury requirement of the Worker’s Compensation Act. TEIA likewise complained of an abuse of discretion by the trial judge in allowing expert testimony from a witness whose identity was made known to TEIA less than fourteen days prior to…