Legal Opinion
Aust v. Conroe Independent School District
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided December 16, 2004No. 09-04-063 CVPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DON BURGESS, Justice.
Kenneth Aust sued the Conroe Independent School District (“District”) alleging the District retaliated against him after he filed a workers’ compensation claim. Aust appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the District. We will reverse and remand.
Aust, an electrician’s helper, worked for the District for approximately nineteen years. In December, 2000, he injured his knee while getting out of a maintenance truck. Aust filed a workers’ compensation claim and had surgery that was only partially successful in repairing his knee. Continuing to…
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