Texas Mexican Railway Co. v. Bouchet

in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, GONZALEZ, HECHT, ENOCH, OWEN, BAKER and HANKINSON, Justices, join.

The issue in this case is whether employers that are nonsubscribers to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act can be sued for acts of discrimination that violate Texas Revised Civil Statute article 8307c. Because we hold that they cannot, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and render judgment that Bouchet take nothing on his article 8307c claim.

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Lawrence Bouchet injured his back on June 29, 1987, while in the course and scope of his employment with the Texas Mexican Railway Company…