Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Auyon

ESQUIVEL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a suit for damages against a third party by an employee arising out of a worker’s compensation claim. See TEX.REV.CIV.STAT. ANN. art. 8307, § 6a (Vernon Supp.1985).

Appellee Armando Auyon (Auyon) brought a products liability/negligence action against appellee Blackwell Burner Company (Blackwell) alleging various defects in design and marketing of a roof sweeper that Auyon was using while injured in the scope of his employment for Alice Roofing Company. Appellant Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Liberty), the worker’s compensation carrier…