Smith v. Coffee's Shop for Boys & Men, Inc.

REYNOLDS, Justice.

Our 22 March 1976 opinion is withdrawn sua sponte and in lieu thereof, this opinion is substituted.

This summary judgment appeal presents the new question whether Vernon’s Ann. Civ.St. art. 8307c, § 1, providing that

No person may discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee because the employee has in good faith filed a claim . . . under the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Act

gives an ex-employee a cause of action for the ex-employer’s refusal to later re-employ the ex-employee whose discharge was for the reason prohibited by the statute. We hold that it…