Court Opinion

ID: 9773763
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 17:57:54.866985+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:57.106917
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BURGESS, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the result. I respectfully disagree with the majority’s holding that the requirement of section 410.253 that a copy of the petition be filed simultaneously with the commission is jurisdictional. As noted in my concurring opinion in Texas Workers’ Compensation Ins. Fund v. Ashy, 972 S.W.2d 208 (Tex.App.—Beaumont 1998, n.w.h.), I believe the purpose of the “simultaneous” filing requirement is to provide the commission notice to enable them to exercise their right to intervene under section 410.254, rather than being jurisdictional. See Sinclair v. Albertson’s Inc., — S.W.2d. (Tex.App.—Texarkana n.w.h.)(not yet released for publication).