Johnson v. Texas Employers Insurance Ass'n

DIES, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff below, Tom Johnson, filed suit against Texas Employers’ Insurance Association (T.E.I.A.) in the District Court of Jefferson County for Texas Workmen’s Compensation, alleging an accidental injury while employed by Bethlehem Steel Corp. T.E.I.A. answered by a plea in abatement and to the jurisdiction contending that .plaintiff’s injuries “come -solely under the jurisdiction of the Longshoremen [Longshoremen’s] & Harbor Worker’s [Workers’] .Act” (L.H.W.C.A.), which the court sustained and from which plaintiff brings this appeal.

Plaintiff’s first contention is that…