Legal Opinion
Office of the Attorney General of Texas v. Laura G. Rodriguez
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided October 16, 2017No. 08-14-00054-CVPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
YVONNE T. RODRIGUEZ, Justice
Laura G, Rodriguez sued her former employer, the Office of the, Attorney General of Texas (OAG), for retaliatory discharge under the Texas Whistleblower Act. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. §§ 554.001-.010 (West 2012). The trial court rendered judgment on the jury’s verdict and awarded Rodriguez actual damages and attorney’s fees. The OAG appeals,- contending that (1) the evidence was legally and factually insufficient to support the finding that Rodriguez’ whistleblower report was a “but for” cause of her termination, and (2) Rodriguez failed to mitigate her…
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