Legal Opinion
Benavidez v. Travelers Indemnity Co. of Connecticut
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided February 20, 1998No. 03-97-00449-CVPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ABOUSSIE, Justice.
Appellant Dora Benavidez initiated a claim before the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission, seeking additional compensation for an injury she had received in the course and scope of her employment. An administrative hearings officer ruled that an impairment rating previously assigned to her was final. See 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 130.5(e) (West 1997). Benavidez appealed the hear ings officer’s decision to the appeals panel. On October 25, 1996, the appeals panel filed with the division its decision affirming the hearings officer’s ruling.
Having exhausted her administrative…
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