Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit March 16, 1978, 76-2056 (Texas Employers' Insurance Association v. United States)

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

The panel held that the United States can recover from the Texas Employers’ Insurance Association the cost of medical services provided through a Veterans Administration hospital to an injured veteran-employee covered by the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Act, Texas Rev.Civ. Stat.Ann. arts. 8306-8309 (Vernon 1967). A companion case,

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