University of Houston v. Barth

OPINION

LAURA CARTER HIGLEY, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal of the trial court’s denial of appellant’s, the University of Houston (UH), plea to the jurisdiction.1 Appellee, Stephen Barth, a *160tenured professor at the UH Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel Management (Hilton College), filed suit against UH under the Whistleblower Act,2 contending that his supervisor retaliated against him after Barth reported alleged accounting violations.

In seven issues, UH contends that the trial court erred in denying its plea and supplemental plea to the jurisdiction because (1) Barth did not timely…