Moore v. Bartley

SHANNON, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The question is whether Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat. Ann. art. 8309g, the statute creating workmen’s compensation coverage for most State employees, was in effect on the date of the workman’s injury.

L. E. Moore, appellant, was injured on March 30, 1975, while working as an employee for the Travis State School. After trial upon an agreed statement of facts, the district court of Travis County entered a take-nothing judgment. We will affirm that judgment.

Article 8309g was enacted May 15, 1973. Section 16 of art. 8309g provides:

“An employee is not…