Medina v. Herrera

in which GONZALEZ, HECHT, CORNYN, SPECTOR, OWEN, BAKER and ABBOTT, Justices, joined.

After suffering an injury at work, petitioner applied for and received workers’ compensation benefits. We must determine whether his pursuit of that remedy now precludes him from pursuing various common law intentional tort claims against his employer and co-worker. The trial court granted summary judgment for both defendants, and the court of appeals affirmed. 905 S.W.2d 624. We hold that, under the facts of this case, petitioner’s claim against his em*599ployer is barred as a matter of law by his election of the…