Court Upholds Directed Verdict for Carrier

A Texas appellate court upheld a directed verdict in favor of a workers’ compensation insurance carrier on a worker’s challenge to the denial of his claim. Case: Rush v. Ace American Insurance Co., No. 01-18-00402-CV, 07/09/2019, published. Facts and procedural history: Osie Rush worked for Trinity Industries. He filed a workers’ compensation claim for injuries after suffering an electric shock at work in November 2013. Rush asserted that his injuries included a cervical strain, a shoulder strain, disk protrusions, tendinosis, a partial thickness tear of the right shou...