Legal Opinion
Halferty v. Flextronics Am., LLC
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 15, 2018No. NUMBER 13–16–00379–CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Justice Benavides
In this workers' compensation case, we decide whether appellees Flextronics America, LLC., Flextronics International Management Services, Ltd., and Thomas Alvin Shaw (collectively Flextronics, unless otherwise noted) were entitled to the exclusive remedy defense in a common law negligence action filed against it by an injured subcontracted employee, appellant Patrick Halferty. See TEX. LABOR CODE ANN. § 408.001(a) (West, Westlaw through 2017 1st C.S.). Because we conclude that Flextronics was not entitled to the exclusive remedy defense in this case, we reverse and…
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