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TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INS. ASS'N v. ELLIS

No. 6538.

543 S.W.2d 397 (1976)

TEXAS EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. Robert Thomas ELLIS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

October 13, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Turpin, Smith & Dyer, L. Lloyd MacDonald, Midland, for appellant.

Warren Burnett, Associated, Wm. Ruff Ahders, Richard J. Clarkson, Odessa, for appellee.

OPINION

STEPHEN F. PRESLAR, Chief Justice.

This is a plea of privilege case involving a workmen's compensation claim by a Texas employee injured outside of the State under the provisions of Article 8306, Section 19, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. The principal question discussed is whether a plea of privilege is a proper procedure in a case under that statute.

The claimant, Robert Thomas Ellis, filed suit in the...

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