El Centro Del Barrio, Inc. v. Barlow

OPINION

STONE, Justice.

Relators, El Centro del Barrio, Inc. and Dr. Ernesto Gomez, are defendants in a wrongful discharge suit brought by Debbora Thompson and Concepcion C. “Mike” Orope-za. El Centro, a non-profit private health care corporation, fired Ms. Thompson (its comptroller) and Mr. Oropeza (its assistant comptroller). Plaintiffs sued El Centro for retaliatory dismissal under the Whistleblower’s Act and retaliatory dismissal for opposing discriminatory practices, and sued both El Centro and Dr. Gomez (El Centro’s executive director) for intentional infliction of emotional distress.…