Jones v. City of Stephenville

McCLOUD, Chief Justice, Retired.

Plaintiffs, Kamala Jones and Deborah Gardner, sued their employer, the City of Stephenville, alleging retaliatory dismissal under the Texas Whistleblower Act 1 and under TEX. CONST, art. I, §§ 19 and 27. The trial court granted the City’s special exceptions and dismissed the plaintiffs’ causes of action with prejudice. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

Plaintiffs alleged in their original petition that, while working for the City in the police department, they reported to an appropriate law enforcement authority that the chief of police had…