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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON v. BISHOP

No. 2-98-274-CV.

997 S.W.2d 350 (1999)

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON, Appellant, v. William BISHOP, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Overruled August 19, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan Morales, Attorney General of Texas, Jorge Vega, First Assistant Attorney General, David A. Talbot, Jr., Deputy Attorney General for Litigation, Nelly R. Herrera, Chief, Tort Litigation Division, and Janine "Red" Balacki, Assistant Attorney General, Austin, Texas, for appellant.

Kelsoe, Anderson, Khoury & Clark, P.C., and Stephen A. Khoury, Dallas, Texas, for appellee.

Panel A: CAYCE, C.J.; DAY and RICHARDS, JJ.

OPINION

CAYCE, Chief Justice.

The principal question we are asked to decide in this case is whether a private attorney may recover attorney's fees and expenses out of a self-insured state governmental entity's worker's compensation subrogation lien. Because we conclude that a private attorney is entitled to such a recovery, and that the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is not entitled to prevail on its other points, we will affirm the judgment of the...

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