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TEXAS MUT. INS. CO. v. RUTTIGER

No. 08-0751.

381 S.W.3d 430 (2012)

TEXAS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Timothy J. RUTTIGER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Granted February 17, 2012.

Decided June 22, 2012.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P.M. Schenkkan , Mary A. Keeney , Mathew B. Baumgartner , James Alan Hemphill , William Gerow Christian , Boyce C. Cabaniss , Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody, P.C., Mary Barrow Nichols , Shannon Simmons Pounds , Texas Mutual Insurance Co., Austin, TX, Murry B. Cohen , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, J. Stephen Barrick , Hicks Thomas LLP, Houston, TX, Dan Pozza , Law Offices of Dan Pozza, San Antonio, TX, for Texas Mutual Insurance Company.

Byron C. Keeling , Ruth B. Downes , Keeling & Downes, P.C., Michael P. Doyle , Jeffrey L. Raizner , Doyle Raizer LLP, Houston, TX, for Timothy J. Ruttiger.

Thomas R. Phillips , Baker Botts L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Liberty Insurance Corporation.

Peter N. Rogers , Rogers Booker & Lewis PC, Richardson, TX, for Amicus Curiae Peter N. Rogers.

Joe K. Longley , Law Offices of Joe K. Longley, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Joe K. Longley.

George (Tex) Quesada , Sommerman & Quesada, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Peter M. Kelly , Kelly Durham & Pittard LLP, Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Trial Lawyers Association.

Thomas R. Phillips , Baker Botts L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae The American Insurance Association.

Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice HECHT, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice WILLETT, and Justice GUZMAN joined.

We grant the parties' motions for rehearing. We withdraw our opinion of August 26, 2011, and substitute the following in its place.

In 1989 the Legislature enacted major amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act (Act). TEX. LAB.CODE §§ 401.001-506.002. The amendments...

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