Legal Opinion
Wyler Industrial Works, Inc. v. Garcia
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided July 29, 1999No. 08-97-00581-CVPublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.
Wyler Industrial Works, Inc. (Wyler) appeals from a wrongful termination suit in which the jury found that it discharged Robert Garcia (Garcia) because he had filed a workers’ compensation claim in good faith. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.
SUMMARY OF THE EVIDENCE
Robert Garcia was employed as a pipe-fitter’s helper by Wyler Industrial Works, Inc. On December 18, 1991, Garcia sustained a work-related injury and thereafter filed a claim with the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission. Garcia did not work for four months following the injury. During…
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