ENERGY SERVICE CO. OF BOWIE, INC. v. SUPERIOR SNUBBING SERVICES, INC.

No. 05-0202.

236 S.W.3d 190 (2007)

ENERGY SERVICE COMPANY OF BOWIE, INC., Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR SNUBBING SERVICES, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided August 24, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Todd Parks, Sidney H. Davis Jr., Touchstone Bernays Johnston Beall Smith & Stollenwerck, L.L.P., Daniel Lee Gus, Walker Sewell LLP, Gregory R. Ave, Walters, Balido & Crain, L.L.P., Dallas, for petitioner.

R. Lynn Fielder, Fisk & Fielder, Dallas, Stephen J. Wren, Woodruff & Wren, L.L.P., Decatur, for respondent.

Michael A. Golemi, William W. Pugh, Liskow & Lewis, Houston, for amicus curiae.


Justice HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice BRISTER, Justice MEDINA, and Justice LANG1 joined.

Since 1963, the Texas Workers' Compensation Act has provided that a subscribing employer is not liable to indemnify others against an employee's personal injury claim unless it agreed to do so in writing before the injury occurred. Until the Act was overhauled...

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