Mary Lee Foundation v. Texas Employment Commission

OPINION

GRANT, Justice.

The Mary Lee Foundation appeals from the district court’s decision upholding the Texas Employment Commission’s holding which charged it for unemployment benefits paid to Karron DeGraffenried. The primary issues on appeal are whether there was evidence to medically verify the illness, injury, or disability of DeGraffenried and whether the trial court erred in admitting the administrative record of the TEC into evidence over the objection of the Foundation’s counsel.

DeGraffenried worked for the Foundation from February 16, 1988 through January 12, 1989, as a home parent.…