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BERKEL & CO. CONTRACTORS, INC. v. LEE

No. 18-0309.

612 S.W.3d 280 (2020)

BERKEL & COMPANY CONTRACTORS, INC., Petitioner, v. Tyler LEE, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: November 20, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Selbe , Houston, Justin R. Gilbert , Angleton, Kyle A. Lawrence , Kurt Brynilde Arnold , Houston, Matthew Paul Skrabanek , Joshua S. Smith , Houston, Jonathan K. Findley , William Powers Jr. , Austin, Russell S. Post , Houston, for Respondents.

Stuart J. Starry , for Amici Curiae Martha Escobedo, Individually, and as Representative of The Estate of Fabian Escobedo, Escobedo, San Juanita, Escobedo, Primitivo.

Thomas C. Wright , Jessica Zavadil Barger , Brittany R. Greger , Garrett Gibson , Houston, Brian J. Cathey , Andrew T. McKinney IV , Randy E. Moore , Lake Jackson, Duane Douglas Mena II , Reagan W. Simpson , Houston, for Petitioner.

Ann E. Knight , Jeffrey L. Diamond , Houston, for Other interested party.

The Texas Workers' Compensation Act is the exclusive remedy for employees who sustain nonfatal work-related injuries.1 A narrow common-law exception exists, but the exception requires that the defendant have a specific intent to injure the plaintiff.

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