This appeal, an issue of first impression in Texas, arises out of a question about the enforceability of a settlement release that released unknown future claims of personal injury.

Appellant, individually and as representative of her father Neil's estate, sued appellee under the Federal Employers Liability Act for personal injuries Neil suffered from exposure to asbestos that ultimately resulted in his death from cancer.

A railroad company, that was sued by a union for interference, failed to prove on appeal that the district court lacked jurisdiction.

Appellee brought suit alleging she was wrongfully terminated from an emergency medicine residency program because of a perceived impairment, which she identified as morbid obesity.

Court agrees that a contractor's employee was employed by a railroad for liability under federal law, and remands for consideration of state law negligence claims