Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Mitchell

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Opinion by

CATHERINE STONE, Justice.

In Continental Casualty Co. v. Downs, the supreme court interpreted the provisions of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act governing when a workers’ compensation carrier must notify a claimant that the carrier is refusing to pay benefits. 81 S.W.3d 803, 804 (Tex.2002). The Doivns court held “a carrier that fails to begin benefit payments as required by the [Texas Workers’ Compensation] Act or send a notice of refusal to pay within seven days after it receives written notice of injury has not met the statutory requisite to later contest…