Month: June 2016

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Texas Man Covered by Asphalt in Explosion

A normal day at work ended tragically when an asphalt tanker exploded at a refinery, covering Darrell Allen, a Texas truck driver, with molten asphalt. One year later, the truck driver is suing the Shreveport-based oil company, Calumet Specialty Products Partners, and its affiliate companies for damages after enduring third-degree burns covering over 90 percent…

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Abraham Watkins

Overcoming Owner Controlled Insurance Programs and the Exclusive Remedy Defense After the Texas Supreme Court’s Holding in Tic Energy and Chemical, Inc. v. Martin

On June 3, 2016, the Texas Supreme Court issued its opinion in Tic Energy and Chemical, Inc. v. Martin, overturning a Corpus Christi Court of Appeals’ decision that recognized an apparent conflict within the Texas Labor Code that seemingly eliminated the exclusive-remedy defense for non-employer subcontractors with coverage under an Owner Controlled Insurance Program (OCIP)…

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