Ex Parte Pate IV

This Court granted the petition of Luther Stanley Pate IV for a writ of certiorari in order to review whether the Court of Civil Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's ruling in favor of Reginald Watkins in an action to recover workers' compensation benefits.

Watkins sued Transamerican Properties, Inc.; Transamerican Equipment Company, Inc.; Pate Companies; and three fictitiously named defendants, seeking to recover workers' compensation benefits for an injury he suffered during his employment with Transamerican Properties.1 One of the three fictitiously named parties was described as…