ORANGE GROVE INDEPENDENT SCH. DIST. v. RIVERA

No. C-3059.

679 S.W.2d 482 (1984)

ORANGE GROVE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Petitioner, v. Frances (Francisca) RIVERA et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

November 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kleberg, Dyer, Redford & Weil, James W. Wray, Jr., Corpus Christi, for petitioner.

B. Miles Latham, Corpus Christi, for respondents.


KILGARLIN, Justice.

The inquiry in this worker's compensation case is whether in a self-insured's appeal from an Industrial Accident Board award in a death case, minor beneficiaries must be sued in their individual capacities.

The Industrial Accident Board awarded death benefits to Frances Rivera, individually, and likewise ordered the Orange Grove Independent School District to pay statutory weekly benefits to Frances Rivera, as natural guardian and next...

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