Injured Truck Driver Should Have Been Allowed to Proceed With Suit

A Texas appellate court ruled that an injured truck driver should have been allowed to proceed with his civil suit against his nonsubscribing out-of-state employer. Case: Tozi v. RJ & Sons LLC, No. 04-19-00591-CV, 10/28/2020, published. Facts: Zaid Tozi lived in San Antonio. He saw a job listing on Craigslist for a commercial truck driver posted by RJ & Sons LLC. While in San Antonio, Tozi submitted the job application to RJ. He began exchanging text messages with Charles Thompson, RJ’s safety manager, about the hiring process. RJ paid for Tozi to take a drug test at an urgen...