Entergy Gulf States, Inc. v. Summers

I think the Court’s construction of the statutory text is reasonable, but so is the dissent’s (though I disagree with much of its analysis), which means that the provisions are ambiguous and can be understood correctly only in the context of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act as a whole. I join in all but Part VII of the Court’s opinion and write separately to explain my reasons for doing so, which come down to this: the Act encourages coverage, as does the Court’s construction, but the dissent’s does not.

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