Legal Opinion
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF EL PASO v. Guerra
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided March 25, 1998No. 08-96-00112-CVPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LARSEN, Justice.
Appellee George Guerra’s motion for rehearing is granted, our opinion of June 12, 1997 is withdrawn, and this opinion is substituted.
The Housing Authority of El Paso appeals from a judgment in favor of George Guerra in his suit for wrongful discharge in violation of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act. A jury awarded Guerra $66,000 in actual damages. We affirm.
FACTS
George Guerra was hired by the Housing Authority in 1989 as a carpenter in the Comprehensive Improvement Assistance Program. The length of his employment was for the duration of a particular modernization…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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3Cited by15 opinions
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