State ex rel. Texas Department of Transportation v. Esquivel

OPINION

RICHARD BARAJAS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a workers’ compensation subrogation case. For the reasons stated, we affirm.

I. SUMMARY OF THE EVIDENCE

In July 1998, Hector I. Jaquez, a Texas Department of Transportation employee, was rear-ended by Appellee, Priscilla Esquivel. Esquivel was driving an automobile owned by Appellee, Rudy Diaz. Appellant, the Texas Department of Transportation, filed its workers’ compensation subrogation claim to recover its workers’ compensation monies paid on behalf of Jaquez totaling $2,897.50 in medical benefits and $4,346.76 in indemnity…