Fluor Daniel, Inc. v. Boyd

OPINION

SEERDEN, Chief Justice.

Norman Boyd, appellee, sued Fluor Daniel, Inc., appellant, for wrongful termination under the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act. After a bifurcated trial, the jury awarded Boyd actual and punitive damages, and the trial court entered judgment on the verdict. By ten points of error, Fluor Daniel challenges the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence, complains of charge error, and attacks two evidentiary rulings. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Fluor Daniel employed Boyd as a pipe fitter working on a project at BP Chemical Company’s Green Lake Plant. In…