Legal Opinion
Flores v. Metropolitan Transit Authority
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided February 5, 1998No. 14-97-00607-CVPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’NEILL, Justice.
The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of appellees, defendants below, based upon the statute of limitations. In one point of error, appellant, Gilbert Flores, contends the court applied the incorrect statute of limitations to his claims. We affirm.
Flores began working for Metropolitan Transit Authority (“Metro”) in 1986, and was a member of the Transport Workers Union of America (“TWU”) and Local 260 of the TWU (“Local 260”). Flores was injured on the job on August 13, 1990, four years and eight months after he began his employment. He continued to work for…
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