Reed Tool Company, Petitioner v. Judy a Copelin, Respondent

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Civil Appeals, holding that a wife's loss of consortium action is derivative of her husband's injury claim, that the Workers' Compensation Act bars her claims for gross negligent and negligent impairment of consortium, but does not bar a claim for intentional impairment of consortium, and remanded for factual determination of intentional misconduct.