Etie v. Walsh & Albert Co., Ltd.

OPINION

EVELYN V. KEYES, Justice.

This is an appeal of a summary judgment rendered for appellee, Walsh & Albert Company, Ltd., 1 against appellant, Sheldon A. Etie. As a matter of first impression, we must decide whether, under the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act 2 (the Act): (1) the statutory employer/employee status given to general contractors who exercise an option to provide workers’ compensation insurance in contracts with subcontractors includes all employees of all subcontractors, regardless of the tier they occupy; and (2) whether all of the covered workers at the site should be…