Comptroller v. LANDSFELD

OPINION

BOB McCOY, Justice.

I. Introduction

In three issues, Appellant Comptroller, State of Texas (TCPA) appeals a judgment in favor of Appellee Wesley Landsfeld. We vacate the trial court’s judgment and dismiss the case.

II. Procedural and Factual Background

Because we resolve the parties’ dispute over Landsfeld’s employment-discrimination claim on the TCPA’s procedural challenge, a detailed factual recitation is unnecessary. Suffice it to say that on February 16, 2005, Landsfeld, who had already worked ten hours without lunch or a break, refused his supervisor Maria Lowrance’s request to stay…