Supreme Court of Texas

Under Texas Labor Code sections 409.021 and 409.022, a carrier that fails to begin benefit payments as required by the Texas Workers' Compensation Act, or send a notice of refusal to pay within seven days after it receives written notice of injury, has not met the statutory requisite to later contest compensability.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/24/2001
• Decided 06/06/2002
• Published 06/06/2002

Judges

• Justice HANKINSON delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice ENOCH, Justice BAKER, and Justice O'NEILL joined.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David L. Brenner, Joe R. Anderson, Kristin Lee Gustavson, Burns Anderson Jury & Brenner, Austin, Timothy K. Singley, Thornton Summers Biechlin Dunham & Brown, San Antonio, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kenneth W. Howell, Law Office Of Miller & Henderson, San Antonio, for Respondent.