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GARZA v. EXEL LOGISTICS, INC.

No. 02-1187.

161 S.W.3d 473 (2005)

Jose GARZA, Petitioner, v. EXEL LOGISTICS, INC. and Interim Services Pacific LLC, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided April 8, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loren George Klitsas, Klitsas & Vercher, P.C., Lauren L. Beck-Harris and Eileen K. Wilson, Johnson, Spalding, Doyle, West & Trent, L.L.P., Houston, for Petitioner.

Robert D. Allen, Baker & McKenzie, LLP, Linda Marie Dedman, Dedman & Handschuch, Dallas, for Respondents.

E. Thomas Bishop and Alexander N. Beard, Bishop & Hummert, P.C., Dallas, for Amicus Curiae Utica National Insurance Group.

Neal Kieval, Phillips & Akers, P.C., Houston, for Amicus Curiae The Kroger Company.

Justice OWEN delivered the opinion of the Court.

A worker hired by a temporary employment agency was injured while performing tasks for the agency's client. The trial court granted summary judgment for the agency and its client, concluding that the Workers' Compensation Act's exclusive remedy provision bars the worker's common law claims.1 The court of appeals affirmed.2 We affirm the court of appeals' judgment...

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