Legal Opinion
Curbo v. State, Office of the Governor
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided July 29, 1999No. 03-98-00578-CVPublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. WOODFIN JONES, Justice.
Valerie Cui'bo and Carol Funderburgh (collectively, “plaintiffs”) sued the Office of the Governor of the State of Texas (“defendant”) alleging a violation of the Texas whistle-blower statute. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. §§ 554.001-.010 (West 1994 & Supp.1999). The trial court dismissed the suit for lack of jurisdiction, finding that plaintiffs had not exhausted available grievance procedures and, therefore, had failed to fulfill the jurisdictional prerequisites set forth in the whistle-blower statute. See Gov’t Code § 554.006. Plaintiffs perfected this appeal. Because…
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