In Re Texas Mutual Insurance Co.

OPINION

Opinion by:

SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.

Relators Texas Mutual Insurance Co. and Evie Villarreal, defendants in the underlying proceeding, seek a writ of mandamus to compel the trial court to (1) vacate its February 3, 2009 order denying Defendants’ Plea to the Jurisdiction, and (2) dismiss plaintiffs claims for lack of jurisdiction. We conditionally grant mandamus relief in part and deny in part.

BACKGROUND

The underlying dispute arose out of a workers’ compensation claim made by Luis Hernandez after he was injured on the job at an oil rig in February of 2006. As a result of the…