INS. CO. OF STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA v. Martinez

OPINION

SUSAN LARSEN, Justice.

The Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania, a workers’ compensation insurance carrier, appeals from a summary judgment holding that an impairment rating assigned to plaintiff/appellee Mike Martinez by his treating physician had not become final, and therefore was subject to Martinez’s challenge although more than ninety days had passed. We dismiss the appeal because the trial court’s judgment was void for failure to provide the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission with the proposed judgment thirty days before it was entered.

FACTS

Martinez was injured while…