Continental Casualty Insurance Company v. Mary M. Lavender

COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 02-10-00399-CV CONTINENTAL CASUALTY APPELLANT INSURANCE COMPANY V. MARY M. LAVENDER APPELLEE ---------- FROM THE 158TH DISTRICT COURT OF DENTON COUNTY ---------- MEMORANDUM OPINION1 ---------- I. INTRODUCTION AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND Appellee Mary M. Lavender became eligible for workers’ compensation death benefits when her husband suffered a compensable injury that resulted in his death while in the course and scope of his employment. Appellant Continental Casualty Insurance Company, after paying the death benefits for 1 See Tex. R. App.…