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TRAVELERS INDEM. CO. OF CONN. v. MAYFIELD

No. 95-1209.

923 S.W.2d 590 (1996)

The TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT, Relator, v. The Honorable Alan MAYFIELD, Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided May 31, 1996.

Rehearing Overruled July 8, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Lee Williams, Jr., Fort Worth, Angus E. McSwain, Waco, P. Michael Jung, D. Bradley Kizzia, Dallas, for relator.

Tom L. Ragland, Waco, for respondent.

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which GONZALEZ, HECHT, ENOCH, OWEN, and ABBOTT, Justices, joined.

In the workers' compensation suit underlying this original mandamus proceeding, the trial court appointed an attorney to represent the claimant, ordering the carrier to pay opposing counsel's fees as the case progressed. While not challenging the appointment itself, the carrier contends that the trial court abused its discretion and caused...

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