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CITY OF LaPORTE v. BARFIELD

Nos. D-3733, D-3836.

898 S.W.2d 288 (1995)

CITY OF LaPORTE, Texas, Petitioner, v. William BARFIELD, Respondent. CITY OF LaPORTE, Texas, Petitioner, v. Allen Ray PRINCE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided April 27, 1995.

Rehearing Overruled June 8, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Wallace, Austin, C. Charles Dippel, Houston, for petitioner.

Dale W. Felton, Houston, Timothy Andrew Hootman, La Porte, for respondent.

HECHT, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, HIGHTOWER, CORNYN, GAMMAGE, ENOCH, SPECTOR and OWEN, JJ., join.

By statute, a person may not discharge or discriminate against an employee for filing a workers' compensation claim in good faith or hiring legal representation in such a claim. Tex.Labor Code § 451.001. Remedies for such retaliation include reasonable damages resulting to the employee, reinstatement to the former...

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