Company Not Civilly Liable to Employee Knocked Out in Fight With Foreman

A Texas appellate court ruled that a company was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a civil suit by an employee who was punched out by his foreman for complaining about being left behind at a hotel. Chris Reyes and Zachary Long worked for R.E. Watson & Associates Inc. Reyes served as the foreman of an R.E. Watson installation crew working in the San Antonio area, and Long was a member. On May 4, 2021, Reyes and the crew traveled to San Marcos for an apartment construction job scheduled to begin the next day. The night they arrived, Long and another team member, Zachary Hansen, stay...