Holt v. Preload Technology, Inc.

OPINION

OSBORN, Chief Justice.

The injured workman who filed this case against his employer in the trial court seeks to recover damages despite the protection from such suits by the Workers’ Compensation Act. We are asked to declare that statute unconstitutional or create a special exception and permit this suit to continue. We decline the invitation and affirm the trial court’s judgment dismissing the suit.

Arnold Holt was injured when the dome of a 10,000,000 gallon storage tank collapsed beneath him and he fell sixty feet onto the floor of the tank. As a result of the fall, he suffered a…