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THOMPSON v. TRAVELERS INDEM. CO. OF R.I.

No. C-8895.

789 S.W.2d 277 (1990)

Tommy THOMPSON, Petitioner, v. TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF RHODE ISLAND, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

May 9, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Berliner, Austin, for petitioner.

B. Russell Horton, Austin, for respondent.

OPINION

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

The sole issue for our determination is whether Petitioner, Tommy Thompson ("Thompson"), a jockey, was as a matter of law an employee of a race track at the time he was injured immediately after a horse race, prior to dismount. Thompson was injured when he was thrown from his mount at Manor Downs, a member track of the American Quarter Horse Association ("AQHA"). The trial court, sitting without a jury, denied Thompson's...

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