Legal Opinion
Higbie Roth Construction Co. v. Houston Shell & Concrete
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided October 7, 1999No. 01-98-00316-CVPublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TIM TAFT, Justice.
Appellant, Higbie Roth Construction Company, asks us to set aside a summary judgment in favor of appellees, Houston Shell & Concrete, and Bullet Concrete Materials, Inc., and to hold that Higbie’s claims of “wrongful increase in workers’ compensation premiums” constitute actionable tort in Texas. We affirm.
Facts and Procedural History
Higbie is a construction company that ordered cement from Houston Shell for delivery to a Higbie construction site. Houston Shell subcontracted with Bullet to deliver the cement. Elmer Ramos, a Hig-bie employee, was injured as the cement…
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