Court Opinion

ID: 9675233
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 04:46:20.211488+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:32.597789
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*712ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
Appellant did complain both as to the alleged error in awarding appellee’s attorney a “lump sum” fee, and as to its claim that the court accelerated appellee’s weekly compensation payments to $49.00.
Prior to the entry of judgment, appellee filed a motion to accelerate his weekly payments to $98.00 which would approximate his “take home” pay before injury. The judgment, however, did not provide payments of $98.00, but rather $49.00. Although the judgment did recite that the motion for acceleration would be granted “ . . .to the extent that Plaintiff should be paid $49.00 per week . . .,” the effect was but to permit appellee the maximum sum allowed by law for total incapacity,1 regardless of any acceleration. Accordingly, we are of the opinion that the judgment did not accelerate appellee’s compensation.
Appellant’s motion for rehearing is denied.
Motion denied.

. Tex.Civ.Stat.Ann. Art. 8306, Sec. 10.