Texas Supreme Court

Texas Mutual Insurance Company, Petitioner v. Paula Ledbetter, Representative of the Estate of Charles Wade…

April 4, 200851 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 711

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals' decision reinstating Texas Mutual Insurance Company's intervention to recover first‑money reimbursement of past and future workers' compensation benefits, reversed the trial court's dismissal of the carrier and approval of the settlement distribution without deduction, and remanded for further proceedings to protect the carrier's statutory rights and the minor's interests.