Ramirez v. Pecan Deluxe Candy Co.

OPINION ON REHEARING

OVARD, Justice.

We withdraw our opinion of January 6, 1992, and vacate our judgment of that date. This is now the Court’s opinion.

This case requires us to decide whether a worker’s application for and acceptance of workers’ compensation benefits for an injury bars intentional tort and strict liability causes of action against his employer for the same injury. Antonio Ramirez and Dallas Electric Company, Inc. appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of The Pecan Deluxe Candy Company (Pecan Deluxe). In two points of error, appellants assert that the trial court erred…