Beverly Enterprises of Texas, Inc. v. Gwen Leath

Leath v. Beverly Enterprises

IN THE

TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-91-048-CV

BEVERLY ENTERPRISES OF TEXAS, INC., ET AL.,

Appellants

v.

GWEN LEATH,

Appellee

From the 249th District Court

Johnson County, Texas

Trial Court # 249-464-89

O P I N I O N

Gwen Leath was employed by Beverly Enterprises of Texas, Inc. as a food-service employee at its Red River Haven Nursing Home in Bogota, Texas. She fell in a hallway at the nursing home and hit her head on a wall railing. Because Beverly carried no workers' compensation insurance, Leath sued for ordinary negligence and, claiming that Beverly was also grossly…