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continuous coverage doctrine in Texas

7 Texas opinions name it 1 courts 2009–2015 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Texas courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (3)

CaseFollowedCited
Shelton v. Standard Insurance Companygreen
tex · 1965 · cited in 5 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2009–2012
2 sentences

2012This conclusion comports with the continuous coverage doctrine, under which an employee is regarded as “being in the course of his employment when the injury has its origin in a risk created by the necessity of sleeping or eating away from home, except when a distinct departure on a personal errand is shown.” Shelton, 389 S.W.2d at 293 .

2012See Shelton, 389 S.W.2d at 292-93 (while observing that "this is not a ‘going to or returning from' case,” the supreme court nonetheless applied the continuous coverage doctrine to a truck driver who was struck by a car while crossing the street to walk from his motel to a restaurant during an overnight layover in the midst of work-related travel between two of his employer's facilities). 4 .

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Texas Mutual Insurance Company v. Ronald Jerrolsgreen
texapp · 2012 · cited in 2 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2015–2015
2 sentences

2015In reversing the trial court’s summary judgment, the court rejected this argument as an expansive characterization of the continuous coverage doctrine33 and, instead, concluded that the proper method to evaluate compensability was the dual purpose doctrine, and then finding conflict resulting in the reversal of summary judgment.34 31 Seabright, 427 S.W.3d at 450 . 32 Jerrols, 385 S.W.3d 619 . 33 Id at 633. 34 Id at 635. 13 CONCLUSION Here, while the Court accurately reflects the required three-step analysis for evaluating compensability in a travel case, the Court’s application of the facts to

2015Co. v. Jerrols, 385 S.W.3d 619, 621 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2012, pet. dism’d.) As this Court aptly explained in Seabright, the continuous coverage rule 3 protects employees whose work is away from the employer’s premises, not travel from the employee's home to the work site.

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Leordeanu v. American Protection Insurance Co.green
tex · 2010 · cited in 1 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2012–2012
1 sentence

2012See Leordeanu, 330 S.W.3d at 245 ; Evans, 790 S.W.2d at 304-05 .

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Texas. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (9)

CaseCitedYears
Texas Employers Ins. Ass'n v. Cobb green
texapp · 1938
2 sentences

2009This case is not akin to Orgon or other cases that have applied the continuous coverage principle such as Shelton v. Standard Insurance Co., 389 S.W.2d 290 (Tex. 1965), and Texas Employers Insurance Ass'n. v. Cobb, 118 S.W.2d 375 (Tex.Civ.App.-El Paso 1938, writ ref'd).

2009This case is not akin to Orgon or other cases that have applied the continuous coverage principle such as Shelton v. Standard Insurance Co., 389 S.W.2d 290 (Tex.1965), and Texas Employers Insurance Ass’n. v. Cobb, 118 S.W.2d 375 (Tex.Civ.App.-El Paso 1938, writ ref'd).

32009–2009
Seabright Insurance Company v. Maxima Lopez, Beneficiary of Candelario Lopez green
texapp · 2014
2 sentences

2015In reversing the trial court’s summary judgment, the court rejected this argument as an expansive characterization of the continuous coverage doctrine33 and, instead, concluded that the proper method to evaluate compensability was the dual purpose doctrine, and then finding conflict resulting in the reversal of summary judgment.34 31 Seabright, 427 S.W.3d at 450 . 32 Jerrols, 385 S.W.3d 619 . 33 Id at 633. 34 Id at 635. 13 CONCLUSION Here, while the Court accurately reflects the required three-step analysis for evaluating compensability in a travel case, the Court’s application of the facts to

2015Seabright, 427 S.W.3d at 450 n. 2.

22015–2015
Maria Rodriguez, Individually and as Next Friend of Antonio and Evangelina Rodriguez, Minors, and Daniel Rodriguez v. Great American Indemnity Company neutral
ca5 · 1957
2 sentences

2012Texas Mutual urges us to distinguish Shelton on this basis and to rely instead on Rodriguez v. Great American Indemnity Company, 244 F.2d 484 (5th Cir. 1957).

2012Texas Mutual urges us to distinguish Shelton on this basis and to rely instead on Rodriguez v. Great American Indemnity Company, 244 F.2d 484 (5th Cir.1957).

22012–2012
Evans v. Illinois Employers Insurance of Wausau green
tex · 1990
2 sentences

2012See Leordeanu, 330 S.W.3d at 245 ; Evans, 790 S.W.2d at 304-05 .

2012See Leordeanu, 330 S.W.3d at 245 ; Evans, 790 S.W.2d at 304-05 .

22012–2012
Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. Prasek green
texapp · 1978
2 sentences

2012Co., 339 S.W.3d at 731-32 .3 2 Courts have applied the personal comfort doctrine in determining that compensable injuries occurred when the employee was injured while making a personal call during working hours while on duty at her nursing station, see Yeldell, 701 S.W.2d at 245 ; eating in an employer-provided trailer located on a drilling site, see Prasek 569 S.W.2d at 548 ; and preparing to take a shower at home after being doused with paint and gasoline at the worksite, see Lujan, 756 S.W.2d at 298-99 . 3 Texas Mutual characterizes the continuous coverage doctrine in its brief as a “specia

2012Berry also cites Texas Employers’ Insurance Association v. Prasek, 569 S.W.2d 545 (Tex.Civ.App.-Corpus Christi 1978, writ ref'd n.r.e.), and Travelers Insurance Company v. McAllister, 345 S.W.2d 355 (Tex.Civ.App.-Amarillo 1961, writ ref’d n.r.e.).

22012–2012
Zurich American Insurance Co. v. McVey green
texapp · 2011
1 sentence

2012Co., 339 S.W.3d at 731-32 .3 2 Courts have applied the personal comfort doctrine in determining that compensable injuries occurred when the employee was injured while making a personal call during working hours while on duty at her nursing station, see Yeldell, 701 S.W.2d at 245 ; eating in an employer-provided trailer located on a drilling site, see Prasek 569 S.W.2d at 548 ; and preparing to take a shower at home after being doused with paint and gasoline at the worksite, see Lujan, 756 S.W.2d at 298-99 . 3 Texas Mutual characterizes the continuous coverage doctrine in its brief as a “specia

12012–2012
Lujan v. Houston General Insurance Co. green
tex · 1988
1 sentence

2012Co., 339 S.W.3d at 731-32 .3 2 Courts have applied the personal comfort doctrine in determining that compensable injuries occurred when the employee was injured while making a personal call during working hours while on duty at her nursing station, see Yeldell, 701 S.W.2d at 245 ; eating in an employer-provided trailer located on a drilling site, see Prasek 569 S.W.2d at 548 ; and preparing to take a shower at home after being doused with paint and gasoline at the worksite, see Lujan, 756 S.W.2d at 298-99 . 3 Texas Mutual characterizes the continuous coverage doctrine in its brief as a “specia

12012–2012
Travelers Insurance Company v. McAllister green
texapp · 1961
1 sentence

2012Berry also cites Texas Employers’ Insurance Association v. Prasek, 569 S.W.2d 545 (Tex.Civ.App.-Corpus Christi 1978, writ ref'd n.r.e.), and Travelers Insurance Company v. McAllister, 345 S.W.2d 355 (Tex.Civ.App.-Amarillo 1961, writ ref’d n.r.e.).

12012–2012
Yeldell v. Holiday Hills Retirement and Nursing Center, Inc. green
tex · 1985
1 sentence

2012Co., 339 S.W.3d at 731-32 .3 2 Courts have applied the personal comfort doctrine in determining that compensable injuries occurred when the employee was injured while making a personal call during working hours while on duty at her nursing station, see Yeldell, 701 S.W.2d at 245 ; eating in an employer-provided trailer located on a drilling site, see Prasek 569 S.W.2d at 548 ; and preparing to take a shower at home after being doused with paint and gasoline at the worksite, see Lujan, 756 S.W.2d at 298-99 . 3 Texas Mutual characterizes the continuous coverage doctrine in its brief as a “specia

12012–2012

Statutes the citing opinions construe

TX § Tex. Lab. Code § 401.011 (7)

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