Johnson v. Texas Ass'n of School Boards Workers' Compensation Self-Insurance Funds

OPINION

McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

This case involves an injured employee who sought to set aside a compromise settlement agreement because of mutual mistake as to the nature and extent of the employee’s injuries.

Plaintiff, Reginald Danny Johnson, sued defendant, Texas Association of School Boards Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance Funds, alleging that, when plaintiff settled his workers’ compensation claim, both he and defendant relied upon a mistaken diagnosis as to the extent of plaintiff’s injuries. Plaintiff alleged that he had other serious injuries unknown at that time and that the…