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IN RE LIBERTY MUT. FIRE INS. CO.

No. 08-0742.

295 S.W.3d 327 (2009)

In re LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

August 28, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Plaut, Catherine L. Hanna, Jeffrey C. Glass, Hanna & Plaut, LLP, Austin, for Relator.

Daniel F. Horne, Stone & Home, L.L.P., Corpus Christi, for Real Party in Interest.

PER CURIAM.

Raymond Nickelson seeks bad-faith damages against his workers' compensation carrier, Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company, for denying preauthorization of medical treatment. But he only alleges the carrier turned down office visits (for which preauthorization was not required) and possible back surgery (for which preauthorization was not sought). By demanding preauthorization when it was not required and failing to request it when it was, Nickelson avoided...

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