Supreme Court of Texas

A workers' compensation insurance carrier must be reimbursed from settlement proceeds for benefits paid to and on behalf of an injured employee, including those paid from the deductible, and this requirement does not violate Insurance Code article 5.55C, section (f).

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/20/2002
• Decided 06/20/2002
• Published 06/20/2002

Judges

• Justice RODRIGUEZ delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HECHT, Justice ENOCH, Justice OWEN, Justice BAKER, and Justice JEFFERSON join.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Scott A. Whisler,James W. Grau, Grau Ashley & Koen PC, Dallas, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey S. Levinger, Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal, Windle Turley, Thomas B. Cowart, Law Offices of Windle Turley, Dallas, for Respondent.