Harris County v. Hinojosa

OPINION

ELSA ALCALA, Justice.

Appellant, Harris County, appeals the judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of appellee, Eluid Hinojosa, after a bench trial. The bench trial concerned Hinojosa’s appeal of a decision of the Appeals Panel of the Texas Department of Insurance — Worker’s Compensation Division (“the Department”), in which the Department determined he was not acting in the course and scope of his employment when he was injured in a motor vehicle accident. In two issues, the County contends the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to establish Hinojosa was acting in…