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CHATMAN v. SAKS FIFTH AVE. OF TEXAS, INC.

Civ. A. No. H-90-1438.

762 F.Supp. 152 (1991)

Angela CHATMAN, Plaintiff, v. SAKS FIFTH AVENUE OF TEXAS, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas.

April 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard N. Laminack, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Douglas E. Hamel, Houston, Tex., for defendant.

OPINION ON DENIAL OF REMAND

HUGHES, District Judge.

Discharging an employee in retaliation for filing a workers' compensation claim violates art 8307c of the Texas Revised Civil Statutes. Federal law prohibits removal of a claim to federal district court when the claim arises under the workers' compensation laws of a state. 28 U.S.C. § 1445(c). Because the court finds that a claim for retaliatory discharge does not arise under the workers' compensation...

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