COMBINED SPECIALTY INS. CO. v. DEESE

No. 05-06-01580-CV.

266 S.W.3d 653 (2008)

COMBINED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Tina DEESE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

October 8, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean George Pappas, Pappas & Suchma, PC, Mary M. Markantonis, Dean G. Pappas & Associates, P.C., Houston, TX, for Appellant.

Jeffrey L. Raizner, Michael P. Doyle, Jack G. Burleigh, Doyle Raizner, LLP, Houston, TX, Matthew Bruce Lewis, Rogers, Booker, Trevino & Lewis, P.C., Richardson, TX, for Appellee.

Before Justices MORRIS, FITZGERALD, and LANG.


OPINION

Opinion By Justice FITZGERALD.

Appellant filed this suit for judicial review of a decision by an appeals panel of the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission. The trial court dismissed the case on appellee's second plea to the jurisdiction and awarded appellee her attorneys' fees and expenses. We reverse and remand.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Proceedings before the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission

Appellee Tina Deese was the...

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