the Kroger Co. v. Christopher Milanes

OPINION

J. Brett Busby, Justice

Appellant, The Kroger Company, a non-subscriber to workers’ compensation insurance, appeals from a final judgment in favor of appellee Christopher Milanes, a Kroger employee who was seriously injured while cutting meat. In its first two issues, Kroger contends the trial court erred when it submitted Milanes’s claim to the jury on a general negligence theory rather than a premises liability theory. We overrule these issues because (1) the Supreme Court of Texas has held that a non-subscriber employer in Texas owes continuous, non-delegable duties to its employees…