Court Upholds Dismissal of Lawsuit for Worker's Fatal Fall

A Texas appellate court upheld the dismissal of a family’s lawsuit against a truck driver’s employer for his fatal injuries from a fall off the top of his tanker. Case: Garcia v. Service Transport Co., No. 01-21-00235-CV, 08/30/2022, published. Facts: Oberlin Garcia worked for the Service Transport Co. as a truck driver, transporting hazardous liquid chemicals in a tanker trailer. On May 16, 2016, Garcia arrived at a facility in Livonia, Michigan, to deliver a load of chemicals to BASF Corp., STC’s largest customer. This was Garcia’s first time at the Livonia f...