ST. PAUL FIRE v. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPEN.

No. 03-96-00317-CV.

945 S.W.2d 886 (1997)

ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION; Subsequent Injury Fund; Phillip Williams; Martha Oviedo; and Todd K. Brown, in his Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

May 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander B. Beard, E. Thomas Bishop, P.C., Dallas, for Appellant.

Dan Morales, Attorney General, Joseph A. Pitner, Assistant Attorney General, Austin, for Appellees.

Before CARROLL, C.J., and ABOUSSIE and B.A. SMITH, JJ.


CARROLL, Chief Justice.

This case involves St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company's ("St. Paul's") challenge to the constitutionality of the immediate payment and reimbursement scheme of the Texas Workers' Compensation Act. See Tex. Lab.Code Ann. §§ 409.023(a), 410.032, 410.169, & 410.205 (West 1996). Because the cause does not present a justiciable controversy, we will vacate the trial court's judgment and dismiss the cause without reaching...

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