Mission Consolidated Independent School District v. Garcia

In this case, three terminated school-district employees filed suit against the district and its superintendent alleging violations of the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (“TCHRA”) and various common-law claims that do not fit within the Texas Tort Claims Act’s limited waiver of immunity. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 101.021. We must decide whether the Tort Claims Act’s election-of-remedies provision applies to the employees’ claims. See id. § 101.106. We hold that the Act’s election scheme governs all suits against a governmental unit, and that its application here bars all…