Natividad v. Alexsis, Inc.

OPINION

OSBORN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a take-nothing summary judgment in a suit filed by a workers’ compensation claimant against a party hired to adjust claims for the compensation carrier. The appeal raises, for the first time in Texas, the question of whether an adjusting firm has the same duty of good faith and fair dealing that the insurance company has to a workers’ compensation claimant. Having concluded that such a duty does exist, we reverse and remand to the trial court.

Facts

Rosa Natividad, while an employee of Reveo, sustained accidental injuries in the course of her…