PJC General Negligence 2022

W ORKERS ’ C OMPENSATION —E MPLOYMENT

PJC 16.3

Source of definition. A contract regarding workers’ compensation coverage may moot the issue of borrowed employee status for the purposes of determining liability for benefits. See, e.g., Wingfoot Enterprises v. Alvarado , 111 S.W.3d 134, 135–36 (Tex. 2003). Absent an agreement regarding workers’ compensation coverage, the right of control over the details of the work is the determinative test of whether respon sibility for the injury rests with the original employer or the employer to whom the employee was loaned. Highlands Underwriters Insurance Co. v. Martinez , 441 S.W.2d 666, 667 (Tex. App.—Waco 1969, writ ref’d n.r.e.); see also J.A. Robinson Sons, Inc. v. Wigart , 431 S.W.2d 327, 330 (Tex. 1968), overruled on other grounds by Sanchez v. Schindler , 651 S.W.2d 249, 251 (Tex. 1983); Texas Property & Casualty Guaranty Ass’n v. National American Insurance Co. , 208 S.W.3d 523, 542–44 (Tex. App.—Aus tin 2006, pet. denied); Home Indemnity Co. v. Draper , 504 S.W.2d 570, 577–79 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1973, writ ref’d n.r.e.).

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