Metropolitan Transit Authority v. Plessner

OPINION

BULLOCK, Justice.

This is an appeal from the granting of the appellees’ motions for summary judgment.

Metropolitan Transit Authority, “MTA,” filed a declaratory judgment action against Richard Plessner, Thomas B. Schlotzhauer, Samuel J. Miller, and William L. Lane. MTA sought a determination of its right to the entire subrogation interest in settlement proceeds from third-party claims made by its employees after the employees had recovered workers’ compensation claims from MTA.

The facts are undisputed. MTA, a political subdivision of the State of Texas, is self-insured and provides…