Castaneda v. Texas Department of Agriculture

OPINION

GILBERTO HINOJOSA, Justice.

Appellant, David Castaneda, a former employee of the Texas Department of Agriculture, appeals from entry of summary judgment in a wrongful discharge action based on Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 6252-16a (Vernon 1983) (The Whistle Blower’s Act). We reverse and remand.

The plaintiff’s (appellant’s) petition alleged that the Department employed Castaneda from September 15, 1981, to February 28, 1988. When he left employment with the Department he worked as a grain elevator inspector. The Department sent a letter informing him that he was terminated due to budgetary…