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SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. GARZA

No. 01-1142.

164 S.W.3d 607 (2004)

SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO., Petitioner, v. David GARZA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 31, 2004.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. High Jr., El Paso, W. Carl Jordan, Houston, for Amicus Curiae.

Javier Aguilar, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Mike A. Hatchell, Molly H. Hatchell, Tyler, Jorge C. Rangel, Corpus Christi, for Petitioner.

John Gregory Escamilla, Francisco J. Rodriguez, McAllen, Preston Henrichson, Katherine Driscoll Julia, Edinburg, for Respondent.

Justice HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice OWEN, Justice SMITH, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice BRISTER, and Justice MEDINA joined.

This is an action for a violation of the Anti-Retaliation Law, which states in part: "A person may not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against an employee because the employee has ... filed a workers' compensation claim in good faith...."1 As the case...

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