Hernandez v. United Contractors Corp.

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• recognizing that the doctrine of election of remedies “is an application of a doctrine of estoppel and provides that the one electing should not later be permitted to avail himself of an inconsistent course”
• holding that because the carrier contested the compensability of the claim and took the position that there was no evidence that the accident arose out of and in the course and scope of Hernandez’s employment, there was no conclusion on the merits

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