Texas Mexican Railway Co. v. Bouchet

963 S.W.2d 52 (1998)

The TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY COMPANY, Petitioner,

v.

Lawrence P. BOUCHET, Respondent.

No. 96-0194.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Argued November 21, 1996.

Decided February 13, 1998.

Leonard H. Bucklin, Corpus Christi, Donato D. Ramos, Laredo, W. Wendell Hall, Renee A. Forinash, San Antonio, Guy H. Allison, Corpus Christi, for Petitioner.

Robert E. Valdez, Linda L. Daniels, San Antonio, for Respondent.

The issue in this case is whether employers that are nonsubscribers to the Texas Workers' Compensation Act can be sued for acts of discrimination that violate Texas Revised Civil Statute…