Legal Opinion
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio v. Mata & Bordini, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided June 7, 1999No. 04-98-00547-CVPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by:
CATHERINE STONE, Justice.
This appeal presents the question of whether a private attorney may recover attorney’s fees and expenses of litigation out of a self-insuring governmental entity’s workers’ compensation subrogation lien. We answer this question in the affirmative and affirm the order of the trial court.
Factual and Procedural History
In April 1994, while employed by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (hereinafter “UTHSC”), Paul Harvey sustained work-related injuries due to the negligence of Overnight Transport Company. UTHSC, a self-insuring…
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