Dallas County Schools v. Green

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Opinion by

Justice Whitehill

The decisive question in this disability discrimination case under the Texas Commission of Human Rights Act (the “TCHRA”) is whether there is legally sufficient evidence that an employee’s disability was a motivating factor in his employer’s decision to terminate his employment.

Paul Green had a congestive heart failure condition during the time Dallas County Schools (“DCS”) employed him as a bus monitor. His employment was terminated after an episode of incontinence while he was on his assigned school bus. He thereafter sued DCS under the TCHRA,…