Zurich American Insurance Co. v. McVey

OPINION

BOB PEMBERTON, Justice.

After her husband Troy McVey was killed in a motor vehicle accident while driving to Houston for a job-related training conference, appellee Chantal McVey, as Troy’s beneficiary, sought workers’ compensation survivor benefits from Troy’s employer’s insurance carrier, appellant Zurich American Insurance Company (“Zurich”). 1 Zurich denied coverage, asserting that Troy’s death was not compen-sable because he had not been acting within the course and scope of his employment at the time of his fatal accident. McVey sought review of Zurich’s decision before the…