Legal Opinion
Garcia v. Levi Strauss & Co.
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided August 1, 2002No. 08-01-00317-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUSAN LARSEN, Justice
Rosa Garcia appeals the trial court’s summary judgment dismissing her discrimination claims against her employer Levi Strauss & Co. under Tex. Lajb.Code Ann. § 451.001. We affirm.
Facts
Garcia has worked at Levi Strauss since 1982. During that time, she has sustained three on-the-job injuries, the first in 1988, the second in 1991, and the third in 1995. In accordance with Levi Strauss policy, Garcia filed workers’ compensation claims concerning these injuries.
Garcia was making $11.27 an hour immediately before she went on medical leave for her 1991 injury. When she…
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