HOUSTON NORTHWEST MED. CTR. SURVIVOR, INC. v. KING

No. 01-89-00351-CV.

788 S.W.2d 179 (1990)

HOUSTON NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER SURVIVOR, INC., Appellant, v. Betty McInturff KING, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

March 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Murphy, III, Houston, for appellant.

Gail Magers, Houston, for appellee.

Before SAM BASS, DUNN and O'CONNOR, JJ.


OPINION

O'CONNOR, Justice.

This is a suit for wrongful discharge under the Workers' Compensation Act. Houston Northwest Medical Center Survivor, Inc., defendant (Houston Northwest), appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict that awarded Betty McInturff King, plaintiff (King), $20,000 in exemplary damages. Houston Northwest, which prosecutes the appeal without a statement of facts, presents two points of error. We reverse.

In 1983, King filed...

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