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The City of Kempner will hold a public hearing on September 8, 2020, on the Proposed Budget for FY 2020-2021 at 6 P.M., Kempner City Hall, 12288 US Hwy 190, Kempner, TX.

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DECEASEDNotice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of JIMMY DON GRAY, Deceased, were issued on August 19, 2020, in Cause No. 7147, pending in the Probate Court of Lampasas County, Texas, to: JENNIFER DANENE GRAY SNYDER.

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do not pay to do their work, and they ordinarily do not work for free.”

The Waaks did not subscribe to any workers’ compensation insurance.

The court noted in its opinion that though the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act limits the non-subscribing employer’s defenses, it does not prevent an employer from “asserting the liability shield of FALA.”

However, Lashmet said the interpretation of the Texas Supreme Court limits the scope of the act, and Texas farmers and ranchers need to be aware because the decision limits FALA from applying to working ranches.

“Previously, I read the FALA as applying to activities like moving cattle, branding and processing calves. This decision, however, expressly excludes injured ranchers or ranch hands,” she said. “Instead, it appears the Texas Supreme Court believes the defense is limited to situations involving injuries at livestock or horse shows, rodeos, exhibitions, competitions, trail rides and riding lessons.”

The court drew a distinction between ranchers, ranch hands and other participants, instead of focusing on the distinction between an employee and an independent contractor.

“There had been some appellate court cases, including Dodge v. Durdin, where the courts had drawn a distinction between employees, to whom the act did not apply, and independent contractors, to whom it did apply. And at the appellate level, the Waaks’ counsel argued Mr. Zuniga was an independent contractor, not an employee,” Lashmet said. “The Texas Supreme Court had never ruled on that issue, so while they knew the appellate courts believe it was limited to independent contractors, the Supreme Court could have ruled differently. But the Supreme Court did not address the employee versus independent contractor distinction at all. They just said the act did not apply to any ranchers or ranch hands.”

But nothing in the language of the statute expressly excludes ranchers from those protections, according to Lashmet.

“FALA defines a ‘livestock producer’ as a person who owns, breeds, raises or feeds livestock animals,” she said. “It then provides that any person, including a farm animal activity sponsor, farm animal professional, livestock producer, livestock show participant or livestock show sponsor, is not liable. If the majority [of the Texas Supreme Court] was concerned about the categories of people included on this list, it seems that ‘livestock producer’ certainly could intend to encompass a rancher who produces livestock.”

Lashmet recommends livestock operations and landowners in Texas have some form of liability insurance, and any operation with employees should consider carrying workers’ compensation insurance.

“This is especially critical if the operation has three or more employees,” Lashmet said. “Because under the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, farm and ranch employers who do not subscribe with three or more employees are prohibited from raising certain defenses in wrongful death lawsuits.”

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The Texas Department of Transportation Brownwood District is scheduled to complete the annual maintenance sealcoat project in Lampasas County within about a week.

TxDOT’s contractor was scheduled to move to FM 2313 -- from FM 580 to U.S. Highway 190 -- on the morning of Aug. 24. Crews then will work on U.S. Highway 281 -- from

the Coryell County line to Adamsville -- on Aug. 25.

Upon completion of the work on U.S. 281, the project will continue on the following roadways in Lampasas County:

• FM 2808 from U.S. 190 to FM 2657

• FM 2657 from FM 2808 to the Burnet County line

• FM 1478 from FM 580 to the Burnet County line.

Officials anticipate work

will be completed Sept. 1 if weather permits.

Various lane closures will occur while work is underway, TxDOT announced. Motorists are asked to use alternates route to avoid possible delays.

A pilot car will guide traffic through work zones. Motorists are asked to use caution and reduce their speed in work zones.

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