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AMERICAN INTERN. SPECIALTY LINES v. RENTECH STEEL

No. 08-11052.

620 F.3d 558 (2010)

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY LINES INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RENTECH STEEL, L.L.C.; Preston Teel; Lesa Crosswhite; Jennings Teel, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 21, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wade Crosnoe (argued), Thompson, Coe , Cousins & Irons, L.L.P., Austin, TX, Ellen Mary Van Meir , Harrison Henry Yoss , Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Harvey L. Morton , Law office of Harvey L. Morton, Lubbock, TX, for Rentech Steel LLC.

Russell Stanley Post , David Watkin Jones , William Curtis Webb , Beck, Redden & Secrest, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Steven L. Clack, Kerrville, TX, for Preston Teel, Lesa Crosswhite, Jennings Teel.

Before KING, BARKSDALE and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:

This case addresses whether an insurance policy that excludes coverage for an "obligation" incurred under "any workers' compensation law" bars coverage for a judgment that an employee recovers in a negligence action against a Texas employer that does not subscribe to the Texas workers' compensation system. Because the Texas Workers' Compensation Act ("TWCA") imposes no obligation on a nonsubscriber to compensate an employee for...

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