Opinion ID: 1375939
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Heading: subdiv. 14's third amendment of 1988 clearly was intended to immunize the state from liability for wrongful death of, or bodily injury to, persons covered by the workers' compensation regime of any state

Text: Relying on Subdiv. 14's third amended text of 1988 vintage, [7] the State asserts that it is immunized from liability if a non governmental employee's claim or loss results from an injury that is covered by the compensation law of any state. Because the plaintiffs received benefits under the compensation law of Texas, the State argues, both claims are barred by Subdiv. 14. The Legislature has enacted three consecutive versions of Subdiv. 14, the most recent in 1988. This court has construed the first two of these; the third is before us today. The issue pressed by the plaintiffs calls for an examination of the 1988 amendment in light of Subdiv. 14's legislative history and of our extant jurisprudence that construes the earlier versions in the factual context of decided cases.