Isabel Campbell v. Amanda Duffy Mabry, Individually and as Independent of the Estate of Austin R. Duffy

OPINION

Tracy Christopher, Justice

In this case concerning claims of unpaid wages, the trial court granted summary judgment in the employer’s favor on the ground that the employee’s wage claim before the Texas Workforce Commission (“the TWC”) is entitled to res judicata effect, precluding a subsequent wage claim in a civil court. In its summary-judgment motion, the employer addressed a prior version of the law, under which the TWC had subject-matter jurisdiction over all of the employee’s wage claims. Because the TWC now lacks subject-matter jurisdiction over claims for wages due more than 180…