Opinion ID: 46887
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Text: Synoground was injured while riding as a passenger in a vehicle driven by his co-worker, Appellee Gregory Morvan. Both Synoground and Morvan were employees of Key Energy Services, and both were traveling away from the work site to eat lunch. Morvan allegedly caused the car to collide with another vehicle, severely injuring Synoground. Synoground subsequently claimed and accepted workers’ compensation benefits from Key Energy, but he then brought a common law tort suit against Morvan. The district court granted summary judgment to Morvan because the exclusive remedy provision of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act prevented Synoground from pursuing his tort action and because Morvan, like Synoground, was in the course and scope of his employment at the time of the accident. Synoground appeals.