Yarborough v. Industrial Accident Board

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

Petitioners, Eddie B. Carter and the law offices of Yarborough & Pope, Inc., brought this action in the trial court seeking a writ of mandamus to compel Respondent, Industrial Accident Board, to hold a final hearing on a workman’s compensation claim.

Upon hearing, the court sustained certain special exceptions to a Petitioners’ petition and dismissed the case. We reverse this judgment and remand the case to the trial court.

Petitioners alleged that Eddie B. Carter received serious accidental injuries in a motor vehicle accident while in the course and scope of his…