America West Airlines, Inc. v. Tope

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice

America West Airlines, Inc. appeals from a judgment favoring plaintiff Michael Tope, the airline’s former employee, in his suit for discriminatory termination under the Texas Worker’s Compensation Act. In seven points of error, America West claims the evidence was neither legally nor factually sufficient to sustain the jury’s finding that Tope was discharged in violation of the Texas Worker’s Compensation Act, that the evidence established Tope failed to mitigate damages, and that the jury’s award for mental anguish damages was without support in the evidence. In a…