Investment Properties Management, Inc. v. Montes

OPINION

KOEHLER, Justice.

This case involves the difficult and troublesome problem facing an employer, particularly one with a limited number of employees, who finds it necessary to terminate a job-injured employee on temporary total disability in order to fill the position with a permanent employee, without becoming liable for a wrongful termination.

In this wrongful discharge suit, the Ap-pellee, Elsa Rosa Chavez De Montes (Montes), alleged that her former employer, Investment Properties Management, Inc. (IPMI), Appellant, in violation of Tex.Rev. Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 8307c (Vernon Supp.…