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COURTNEY v. TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INS. ASS'N

No. 08-85-00276-CV.

709 S.W.2d 778 (1986)

Venita COURTNEY, Widow and Qualified Community Survivor of the Estate of Bennie R. Courtney, Deceased, Appellant, v. TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied June 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruff Ahders, Ruff Ahders Associated, Odessa, Michol O'Connor, Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, Houston, for appellant.

Julia Vaughan, Barry N. Beck, Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson, Midland, for appellee.

Before STEPHEN F. PRESLAR, C.J., and OSBORN and SCHULTE, JJ.

OPINION

SCHULTE, Justice.

This is an appeal from an award of attorney's fees in a workers' compensation suit. We affirm.

The attorney of Appellant Venita Courtney submitted a proposed judgment, signed by the trial court on July 10, 1985, in which the Appellant was awarded workers' compensation death benefits as the widow of Bennie R. Courtney. The judgment was awarded in a lump sum of $160,802.00. Of that...

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