CITY OF HOUSTON v. RHULE

No. 12-0721.

417 S.W.3d 440 (2013)

CITY OF HOUSTON, Petitioner, v. Christopher RHULE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied February 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean G. Pappas , Mary M. Markantonis , Pappas & Suchma, P.C., Houston, TX, for City of Houston.

John S. Powell , The Powell Law Firm, John Sanford Powell III , John Powell III, P.C., Pearland, TX, for Christopher Rhule.


PER CURIAM.

In this workers' compensation case, we must decide whether the claimant was required to exhaust administrative remedies before he could sue in district court for breach of a settlement agreement. We hold that the operative statute in effect at the time of the claimant's injury — section 12b of former Texas Civil Statutes Article 8307 — required the claimant to first present his dispute to the Industrial Accident Board, now the Division of...

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