Arthur J. Hopkins v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-02-00743-CV Arthur J. Hopkins, Appellant v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 126TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 97-06616, HONORABLE SUZANNE COVINGTON, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION This is an appeal from the granting of judgment non obstante veredicto (JNOV) after a jury award to a plaintiff in a whistleblower case. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. §§ 554.001-.010 (West 2004). Arthur J. Hopkins sued his former employer, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality,1 alleging that he…