Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Craig

Adams, Judge.

Eddie J. Craig, a Texas resident, was injured in a January 29, 1999 truck collision in Fulton County, Georgia, in the course of his employment with Tyson Foods, Inc. As of April 3, 2002, Tyson Foods had paid Craig $97,840.43 in injury-related benefits under the Texas workers’ compensation law. Texas Labor Code Ann. § 401.001 et seq. Craig and his wife brought a negligence action in Fulton County against the driver and owner of the other vehicle involved in the collision. Tyson Foods intervened in that action in order to assert a subrogation claim for the workers’ compensation…