Dallas Area Rapid Transit v. Johnson

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice DAVID F. FARRIS (Assigned).

This is an employer’s appeal of an adverse judgment in an employee’s suit alleging his employer discharged him because he had filed a worker’s compensation claim. See Tex. Lab.Code ANN. § 451.001 (Vernon 1996). Charles Johnson sued Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) after it discharged him from his job as a bus driver. Before bringing this suit, Johnson pressed his demand for continued employment through the levels of review available under DART’s grievance procedure, concluding with a hearing before its Trial Board.

We address only DART’s…