Legal Opinion
Vergie Swearingen v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 19, 1992No. 91-1707PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge ... and retaliation.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Speech Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize (Dec. 11,1964).
This is a retaliatory discharge case. The Texas legislature created a narrow exception to the Texas common law employment-at-will doctrine when it enacted article 8307c of the workers’ compensation laws. Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 8307c, § 1 (Vernon Supp.1992). Unchanged since its passage in 1971, article 8307c protects employees who file workers’ compensation claims, hire attorneys to represent them in…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Salve Regina College v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- International Shortstop, Inc., and Sam Talkington v. Rally's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Harris County Commissioners Court v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Cail v. Service Motors, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1983
- Winters v. Houston Chronicle Publishing Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1990
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3Cited by39 opinions
- In Re Katrina Canal Breaches LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
- Texas Division-Tranter, Inc. v. CarrozzaTexas Supreme Court · 1994
- Lynn v. Monarch Recovery Management, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 2013
- Jefferson v. Lead Industries Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Alberti v. KlevenhagenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
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