Bobby G. Schaefer, Petitioner v. Texas Employers’ Insurance Association, Respondent

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Civil Appeals' judgment that Bobby G. Schaefer is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits because his atypical tuberculosis is not an occupational disease. The Court held that the plaintiff’s expert testimony did not establish a reasonable medical probability of causation and that the disease is an ordinary disease of life not compensable under the Workers’ Compensation Act.