Urquidi v. Phelps Dodge Refining Corp.

OPINION

McCLURE, Justice.

Felipe Urquidi (Urquidi) filed suit against his former employer, Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation (Phelps Dodge), alleging that he was terminated in violation of Tex.Lab.Code Ann. § 451.001 (Vernon 1996). The trial court entered a directed verdict and rendered judgment in favor of Phelps Dodge. Finding no evidence of a causal connection between Urquidi’s termination and his claim for workers’ compensation benefits, we affirm.

FACTUAL SUMMARY

Beginning in 1968 and continuing until a labor strike in 1983, Urquidi worked in what is known as the yard department at Phelps…