Jerry Moreno v. Texas Department of Transportation

OPINION

YVONNE T. RODRIGUEZ, Justice.

In this wrongful-termination action, Jerry Moreno appeals the trial court’s take-nothing judgment in favor of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). In four issues, Moreno argues the trial court erred in granting a directed verdict on his discrimination and due process claims and in excluding evidence of discrimination. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Moreno was born in Mexico in 1956 and began working for TxDOT in 1988. For fifteen years, Moreno worked under the supervision of an area engineer named Carlos Ahumada. While under Ahumada’s…