LIBERTY MUT. FIRE INS. CO. v. McDONOUGH

No. 08-86-00100-CV.

734 S.W.2d 66 (1987)

LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Roland McDONOUGH, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

June 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Gunter, Rassman, Gunter & Boldrick, Midland, for appellant.

Ruff Ahders, Odessa, Michol O'Connor, Houston, for appellee.

Before OSBORN, C.J., and FULLER and WOODARD, JJ.


OPINION

OSBORN, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment awarding damages against a workers' compensation carrier for failure to authorize and pay medical expenses in accordance with a compromise settlement agreement within a reasonable time. The judgment is reformed, and as reformed is affirmed.

In March, 1983, these parties entered into a compromise settlement agreement and thereby settled a workers' compensation claim resulting from an accident...

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