Munoz v. Berne Group, Inc.

OPINION

HARDBERGER, Justice.

This case involves a claim for personal injuries sustained by an employee, Blanca Munoz, while she was in the course and scope of her employment. The employer, The Berne Group, Inc., is a non-subscriber under the workers’ compensation scheme. The case was tried to a jury which returned a verdict in the employer’s favor. The trial court entered judgment on the jury’s verdict that Blanca Munoz take-nothing against the Berne Group. Munoz appeals alleging that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to submit her requested instruction on the employers’ duty to…