Legal Opinion

Willis v. Nucor Corp.

Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)

Decided December 31, 2008No. 10-07-00148-CVPublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BILL VANCE, Justice.

Roger Willis sued his former employer, Nucor Corporation, for retaliatory discharge for Willis’s filing of a worker’s compensation claim. See Tex. Lab.Code Ann. § 451.001 (Vernon 2006). The trial court granted Nucor’s motion for summary judgment, and Willis appeals. We will affirm.

Standard of Review

We review a trial court’s summary judgment de novo. Provident Life & Accident Ins. Co. v. Knott, 128 S.W.3d 211, 215 (Tex.2003). In reviewing a summary judgment, we must consider whether reasonable and fair-minded jurors could differ in their conclusions in light of all…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. v. KnottTexas Supreme Court · 2003
  2. McDonald v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Continental Coffee Products Co. v. CazarezTexas Supreme Court · 1997
  4. M.D. Anderson Hospital & Tumor Institute v. WillrichTexas Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Medina v. Ramsey Steel Co IncCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. McFarland v. Citibank (South Dakota), N.A., Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2009
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  3. Lisa and Roger French v. Marco French, G.T. Morton, and Judy McCollum, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2012
  4. Salais v. Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2010
  5. Reid v. Aransas CountyDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 2011

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