Luna v. Daniel International Corp.

OPINION

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted against appellant in the trial court below. We reverse and remand.

Appellant had brought suit against ap-pellee, his former employer, contending that he had been fired from his position with appellee for securing medical treatment for an on-the-job injury “while exercising his rights under the Texas Worker’s Compensation Act.”

Art. 8307c provides:

Sec. 1. No person may discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee because the employee has in good faith filed a claim, hired a lawyer to represent him in a claim,…