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TWIN CITY FIRE INS. CO. v. CORTEZ

No. B-7576.

576 S.W.2d 786 (1978)

TWIN CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Anita CORTEZ et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied February 28, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibson, Ochsner & Adkins, Mac W. Hancock, III, Amarillo, Strasburger & Price, Royal H. Brin, Jr., Dallas, for petitioner.

Mike Millsap and Tom West, Lubbock, for respondents.

GREENHILL, Chief Justice.

The main question presented in this workers' compensation case is whether the beneficiaries of an award of weekly death benefit payments are entitled to mature such an award and recover a lump sum payment on the entire award when the insurance carrier fails, without justifiable cause, to make timely payments. The second question is whether, in the event that the lump sum payment is allowable, the payment is to be calculated without a discount...

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