Emeritus Corporation v. Lillian Blanco

OPINION

ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.

We decide today that an employee may pursue a private cause of action for retaliatory discharge against an assisted living facility. Emeritus Corporation appeals from a judgment in excess of $134,000 plus post-judgment interest in favor of former employee, Lillian Blanco. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTUAL SUMMARY

Emeritus Corporation owns and operates over four hundred assisted living facilities throughout the United States, including four properties in El Paso. Lillian Blanco began working for Emeritus in July 2006, at the company’s El Paso…