LIBERTY MUT. INS. CO. v. MONTANA

No. 2-00-034-CV.

49 S.W.3d 599 (2001)

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. J.J. MONTANA, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

June 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller, L.L.P., Joseph W. Spence and Lori R. Thomas, Fort Worth, for Appellant.

Norman Darwin, Norman Darwin, Fort Worth, for Appellee.

Panel A: CAYCE, C.J.; HOLMAN, J.; and DAVID L. RICHARDS, J. (Sitting by Assignment).


OPINION

CAYCE, Justice.

This suit arises from a workers' compensation award of supplemental income benefits and attorney's fees to appellee J.J. Montana. In a single point, appellant Liberty Mutual Insurance Company appeals the trial court's order granting attorney's fees to Montana and asks us to determine whether section 408.147(c) of the labor code permits recovery of attorney's fees when the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission has made an initial...

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