McKinley Iron Works, Inc. v. Texas Employment Commission

OPINION

HOLMAN, Justice.

McKinley Iron Works, Inc. appeals a judgment upholding the Texas Employment Commission’s (TEC) decision that employee Jose Hernandez is entitled to receive unemployment benefits. We agree with the trial court that there was substantial evidence to support the TEC decision, and we affirm.

On April 22, 1993, McKinley filed suit for trial de novo review of a TEC decision allowing Hernandez the unemployment benefits. The trial court’s review was governed by article 5221b-4(i) of the Texas Revised Civil Statutes. 1 When McKinley rested its case in a bench trial, the court…