Great American Indemnity Co. v. Beaupre

The Texas Workmen’s Compensation Law is an elective Act. In certain designated employments it is exclusive, governing employes and specifying compensation for injuries sustained in course of employment, provided the injuries are within the contemplation of the Act and the injured employe or his dependents comply with the terms thereof. An action for statutory compensation is not founded on tort but on an implied contract in which the Legislature has prescribed the terms and conditions upon which a claim for compensation may be recovered; and courts have frequently announced the sound and…