Jackson v. City of Galveston

J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.

This workers’ compensation suit poses the question of whether a self-insured municipality owes its employees the duty of good faith and fair dealing. The trial court held as a matter of law the doctrine of sovereign immunity shielded the city from an employee’s claim of bad faith in denying him compensation for an on-the-job injury. In eight points of error, the employee challenges the constitutionality of sovereign immunity and its applicability to this case. We affirm.

Robert Jackson, appellant, contends he injured his back while in the course and scope of his…