Supreme Court of Texas

A compensation claimant cannot prosecute a lawsuit against a carrier to recover benefits and damages resulting from a denial of benefits without a prior determination by the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission that benefits are due.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/15/2001
• Published 11/15/2001

Judges

• Justice HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Leah Kimberly Steele,Jordan & Carmona, James A. Vaught, Law Office of Edwin J. (Ted) Terry, Jr., Veronica Carmona Czuchna, Jordan & Carmona, Portia J. Bott, Law Office of Portia J. Bott, Austin, for petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard G. Danner, Jr., Dallas, for respondent.