Defendants in Injured Worker's Tort Suit Can Designate Employer as Responsible 3rd Party

A Texas appellate court ruled that the defendants in an injured worker’s negligence action should have been allowed to designate his employer as a responsible third party. Case: In re BD Trucking, No. 14-25-00735-CV, 02/24/2026, published. Facts: Roberto M. Vargas sued BD Trucking and its employee, Basil Odigie, after a 2023 workplace injury. Vargas was hurt at a well site in New Mexico while working for Halliburton. He claimed that he fell from a lift raised 25 feet in the air as he attempted to collect samples from a sandbox sitting on a BD Trucking tractor-trailer. According ...