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Nobles v. Employees Retirement System of Texas

Tex. App.—3rd Dist.July 26, 2001No. 03-00-00769-CVCited 18 times
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Case Details

Judge(s)
Kidd, Smith, Puryear
Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
Published
Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
appeal

Related Laws

No specific laws identified for this ruling.

Claim Types

Breach of Contract

Outcome

The court affirmed the ERS final order denying Nobles' insurance claim for accidental death benefits, holding that ERS properly applied the felony exclusion based on evidence that the insured dependent was driving while intoxicated.

What This Ruling Means

Based on the limited information provided about Nobles v. Employees Retirement System of Texas, this appears to be an employment law dispute involving the state's retirement system, decided by a Texas appeals court in July 2001. **What happened:** An employee (Nobles) had some form of employment-related dispute with the Texas state retirement system. The specific details of the conflict are not available from the excerpt provided. **What the court decided:** The outcome of this case is not specified in the available information, so it's unclear whether the employee or the retirement system prevailed. **Why this matters for workers:** Without knowing the specific details and outcome, it's difficult to draw concrete lessons for workers. However, cases involving public retirement systems often deal with important issues like pension benefits, employment rights of government workers, or disputes over retirement contributions and payouts. These types of cases can establish precedents that affect how public employees' retirement benefits are handled and what rights workers have when disputes arise with their pension administrators. For a more meaningful analysis, additional details about the specific claims, legal issues, and court's decision would be needed.

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