Legal Opinion
Gates v. City of Dallas
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 12, 1986No. C-3957PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTSON, Justice.
This is an appeal from a denial of attorney’s fees in a suit against the City of Dallas for failure to pay insurance benefits. The City of Dallas established a self-insurance plan for health benefits of its employees and their dependents which was administered by Republic National Life Insurance Company. Betty Gates, a dependent, suffers from multiple sclerosis, requiring a nurse to attend her. The nursing services were paid for under the City’s insurance plan. Thereafter in 1982 the City took over administration of the self-insurance' fund and denied further payment of…
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