Argonaut Insurance Company, Petitioner v. Debbie Baker

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that Argonaut Insurance may be reimbursed from the settlement for the full amount of workers' compensation benefits it paid, including the $250,000 deductible, because Labor Code §§ 417.001, 417.002 allow reimbursement of all benefits and Insurance Code art. 5.55C(f) does not bar such reimbursement when a third‑party recovery is sufficient. Justice Hankinson dissented, arguing that the deductible should be repaid by the employer, not the employee.