Michael Barnett v. City of Southside Place

Michael. Barnett appeals from the trial court’s order granting the.City’s plea to the jurisdiction in his suit brought under the Texas Whistleblower Act. Barnett contends that the trial court erred in granting the City’s plea because the jurisdictional evidence raises a fact issue regarding whether he suffered an adverse employment action because of his report of the City’s alleged violation of law.

This case construes Texas Government Code section 554.002(a), part of the Texas Whistleblower Act (the ‘Whistleblower Act”), , governing a state employee’s remedies for retaliation by an employer…