Cavender v. HOUSTON DISTRIBUTING CO., INC.

OPINION

SAM NUCHIA, Justice.

Appellant, Joseph Earl Cavender, sued appellee, Houston Distributing Company, Inc., for wrongful termination of his employment in violation of section 451.001 of the Texas Labor Code. A jury found in favor of appellee, and the trial court rendered judgment that appellant take nothing. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Appellant was injured in the course and scope of his employment with appellee and filed a workers’ compensation claim. Appellant began his leave.due to his injury on August 10, 2000 and was released by his physician to return to work on October 21, 2001. During…