Courtney v. Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n

OPINION

SCHULTE, Justice.

This is an appeal from an award of attorney’s fees in a workers’ compensation suit. We affirm.

The attorney of Appellant Venita Courtney submitted a proposed judgment, signed *779by the trial court on July 10, 1985, in which the Appellant was awarded workers’ compensation death benefits as the widow of Bennie R. Courtney. The judgment was awarded in a lump sum of $160,802.00. Of that amount, $29,687.00 represented the accrued amount due from the date of Mr. Courtney’s death up until judgment, and $131,115.00 represented the present value of Mrs. Courtney’s future benefits.…