Legal Opinion
Bates v. Randall County
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided October 29, 2009No. 07-08-0072-CVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MACKEY K. HANCOCK, Justice.
Appellants, Joe Reynero and Teresa Bates,1 appeal the trial court’s awards of attorney’s fees in a whistleblower lawsuit in which appellants prevailed. Appellee, Randall County, also filed notice of appeal of the judgment. We reverse and remand in part and affirm in part.
Background
On or about December 13, 2004, Kevin Bates allegedly reported to Stan Cranmer, assistant superintendent of the Randall County Road and Bridge Department, that employees of the Department were violating the law by operating road equipment without the proper commercial driver’s…
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