Classen v. Irving Healthcare System

Carol Classen sued her former employer, Irving Healthcare System, alleging that it discharged her in retaliation for pursuing a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. Such retaliation, if it occurred, would be prohibited by what was then article 8307c, Tex. Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann., and is now codified as sections 451.001-.008 of the Labor Code. Irving Healthcare System is a municipal hospital authority created by the City of Irving pursuant to then article 4437e(3), Tex.Rev. Civ.StatAnn. now section 262.003 of the Health and Safety Code. It is thus a governmental entity and as such, immune from…