Legal Opinion
Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund v. Texas Workers' Compensation Commission
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided December 4, 2003No. 03-03-00176-CVPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MACK KIDD, Justice.
The Texas Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fund 1 (“Texas Mutual”) challenges the decision of an appeals panel of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (the “Commission”). The appeals panel reversed a Commission hearing officer’s decision and awarded lifetime income benefits to the claimant, Leonard D. Watts 2 (“Watts” or the “claimant”), for injuries Watts received during the course and scope of his employment as a truck driver for Mono Chem Corporation. Texas Mutual appealed, and a Travis County district court determined that the appeals panel acted outside of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Transportation Insurance Co. v. MorielTexas Supreme Court · 1994
- Texas Workers' Compensation Commission v. GarciaTexas Supreme Court · 1995
- Rodriguez v. Service Lloyds Insurance Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1999
- Lozano v. LozanoTexas Supreme Court · 2001
- Texas General Indemnity Co. v. Texas Workers' Compensation Commission, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2001
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Baylor University Medical Center v. Biggs, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2007
- State Office of Risk Management v. Elaine E. Banks Joiner, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2012
- Christopher Castleberry v. New Hampshire Insurance Company, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2012
- American Zurich Insurance Company v. Daniel Samudio, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2015
- Charles Holt, Mike Dixon, Tim Nations, and Leonel Acevedo v. Texas Department of Insurance-Division of Workers' Compensation Commissioner Ryan Brannan, in His Official Capacity as DWC Commissioner The State of Texas Through the Honorable Ken Paxton, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of Texas And the City of Austin, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2018
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