Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund v. Serrano

I respectfully dissent from the Court’s denial of the petition for review.

Jose Serrano, a migrant farm worker, was injured on the job when a truck backed into him, pinning him to a parked trailer. He sustained a severe spinal injury that left him a paraplegic. During his month-long hospitalization he suffered multiple heart attacks. He is not expected to walk again.

Serrano applied for and received workers’ compensation benefits. Serrano, his wife, and his three minor children sued the owner and driver of the truck and the owner of the trailer. Serrano claimed damages for past and future loss…