Holiday Hills Retirement & Nursing Center, Inc. v. Yeldell

OPINION

JORDAN, Justice.

Bertha F. Yeldell brought suit against Holiday Hills Retirement and Nursing Center, Inc., a non-subscriber to Worker’s Compensation, for personal injuries she sustained while employed at Holiday Hills as a charge nurse when a coffee urn overturned, spilling scalding hot coffee over her abdomen and legs. The suit was brought by virtue of TEX.REV.CIV.STAT.ANN. art. 8306, sec. 4 (Vernon 1967), which provides in general that in actions for personal injuries against a non-subscriber to Worker’s Compensation, the plaintiff must prove negligence of the employer or an agent or…