Texas Health Enterprises, Inc. v. Krell

OPINION

BISSETT, Justice (Assigned).

This appeal arises from a common-law action brought by Judith Marie Krell (“Mrs. Krell”) against Texas Health Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Sun Valley Health Care Center (“Texas Health”) to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while she was working for Texas Health, which was not a subscriber to Worker’s Compensation Insurance.

The case was tried to a jury which found that Texas Health’s negligence proximately caused the incident in which Mrs. Krell was injured. The jury awarded Mrs. Krell actual damages in the amount of $823,835 and exemplary damages…