PJC General Negligence 2024

PJC 20.5

W ORKERS ’ C OMPENSATION —T IMELINESS OF R ESPONDING

Minority or incompetent. Failure to file a claim for death benefits in the time required bars the claim unless the person is a minor or incompetent. See Tex. Lab. Code §409.007; see also Petroleum Casualty Co. v. Canales , 499 S.W.2d 734 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1973, writ ref’d n.r.e.) (disqualification of minority consti tutes good cause for failure to file claim within time provided for in statute); Texas Employers’ Insurance Ass’n v. Beckman , 207 S.W.2d 183 (Tex. App.—Austin 1947, writ ref’d n.r.e.) (evidence supported finding that worker’s incapacity prevented timely filing claim) .

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