Pickett v. Texas Mutual Insurance Co.

OPINION

G. ALAN WALDROP, Justice.

This appeal concerns the requirement that a party seeking damages for a workers’ compensation insurance carrier’s alleged delay or denial of medical benefits in bad faith must exhaust administrative remedies at the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission before filing suit. See American Motorists Ins. Co. v. Fodge, 63 S.W.3d 801, 804-05 (Tex.2001). Appellants Mark Pickett and Barbara Pickett sued Texas Mutual Insurance Company for allegedly delaying or denying medical benefits to Barbara Pickett in bad faith. The trial court dismissed most of the Picketts’…