ESIS, INC., SERVICING CONTRACTOR v. JOHNSON

No. 2-94-180-CV.

908 S.W.2d 554 (1995)

ESIS, INC., SERVICING CONTRACTOR, Appellant, v. Billy Carl JOHNSON and Texas Workers' Compensation Commission, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Overruled November 2, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Swift, Bell & Dorman, and Carolyn Mitchell, Fort Worth, for Appellant.

Jim Lane, Fort Worth, for Appellee Billy Carl Johnson.

Dan Morales, Attorney General of Texas, Jorge Vega, First Assistant Atty. Gen., Delmar Cain, Chief, Tort Litigation, and Harry Deckard, Assistant Atty. Gen., Austin, for Appellee Texas Workers' Compensation Commission.

Before CAYCE, C.J., and LIVINGSTON and CHUCK MILLER (Assigned), JJ.


OPINION

CAYCE, Chief Justice.

This is a workers' compensation case tried under the new Texas Workers' Compensation Act, TEX.LAB.CODE ANN. §§ 401.001 et seq. (Vernon Pamph.1995). The Texas Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel determined that appellee, Billy Carl Johnson, sustained an injury in the course and scope of his employment. On appeal to the district court, the jury affirmed the appeals panel decision by finding that the injury was...

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