Legal Opinion
Cigna Insurance Co. of Texas v. Killion
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided June 6, 2001No. 07-99-0466-CVPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Justice.
Cigna Insurance Company of Texas (Cigna) appeals from a judgment entered in favor of Steve W. Killion (Killion). Five issues, with various subparts, pend before us. However, the first is dispositive of the appeal. It concerns whether the trial court erred in refusing to have Killion exhaust his administrative remedies before Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC). 1 We reverse the judgment and remand the cause. .
Background
The current dispute between Killion and Cigna arose some eight years after the former injured his back while working for ABC Treadco, Inc. in 1986. The…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Saenz v. Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance UnderwritersTexas Supreme Court · 1996
- Truck Insurance Exchange v. SeelbachTexas Supreme Court · 1960
- Escajeda v. Cigna Insurance Co. of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1996
- Attaya v. Shoukfeh, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1998
- Castillo v. Allied Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1976
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Gregson v. Zurich American InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
- Cunningham Lindsey Claims Management, Inc. v. Snyder, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2009
- Texas Mutual Insurance Co. v. Goetz Insurors, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2010
- Cunningham Lindsey Claims Management, Inc., and Glenda Higgins v. Lloyd Snyder, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2009
- Kenneth Bone and A.J. Morris, M.D., P.A. v. Utica National Insurance Company of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2003
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