Legal Opinion
Hulshouser v. Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided July 30, 2004No. 05-03-00906-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice O’NEILL.
Michael Hulshouser sued the Texas Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fund (the Fund) for bad faith, asserting its denial and delay in compensating him for his initial hernia injury aggravated that condition. The trial court granted summary judgment for the Fund on the ground that any harm resulting from the Fund’s delay in accepting compensability of the hernia condition was part of the compensation claim and thus barred by the exclusive remedy provision of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act. We affirm.
Facts
On August 25, 1998, Michael Hulshouser injured his…
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