FORT BEND COUNTY v. NORSWORTHY

No. 14-17-00520-CV.

FORT BEND COUNTY, Appellant, v. MELISSA ANN NORSWORTHY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, Houston.

Majority Opinion and Dissenting Opinion filed March 21, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary M. Markantonis , Dean G. Pappas , for Fort Bend County, Appellant.

Amy L. Mitchell , for Katlyn Norsworthy and Melissa Ann Norsworthy, Appellees.

Paula Heirtzler Blazek , for Morris K. Crosby and SBS/Bison Building Material, LLC, Appellee.

Panel consists of Chief Justice Frost and Justices Spain and Poissant. (Frost, C.J., dissenting).


MAJORITY OPINION

This is a worker's compensation subrogation case in which appellant Fort Bend County ("FBC"), a self-insured governmental entity, appeals the interlocutory judgment and order of severance in favor of appellee Melissa Norsworthy ("Melissa"). We affirm.

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