ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, INC. v. Bass

Margaret Bass worked for Flour Bluff Independent School District. Bass sued the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) to appeal a Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission administrative deci sion that denied her benefits after she slipped and fell at work. TASB answered that it was not a proper party to the lawsuit, because it was only the workers’ compensation plan’s third-party administrator. Bass amended her petition to include a claim against her employer, Flour Bluff.

TASB and Flour Bluff jointly moved for summary judgment. TASB argued it was not a proper party to the suit, and Flour…