Carlos v. White Consolidated Industries, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HUDSPETH, Chief Judge.

This is a negligence action under the common law of the State of Texas, and a wrongful discharge action under § 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1140. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this cause because Plaintiff Mario Carlos’s wrongful discharge claim is a claim arising under the laws of the United States, and his negligence claim falls within the Court’s supplemental jurisdiction. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1367(a). The Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law are incorporated in…