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TEXAS DEPT. OF HEALTH v. RUIZ

No. 08-96-00255-CV.

960 S.W.2d 714 (1997)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, Appellant, v. Rafael RUIZ, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Overruled September 11, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Leslie Stewart, Asst. Attorney General, Tort Litigation Division, Austin, Sheila Ellwood Skaggs, Assistant Attorney General, Natural Resources Division, Austin, for Appellant.

Enrique Moreno, Moreno, Fry & Bassham, El Paso, Thomas A. Spieczny, El Paso, for Appellee.

Before BARAJAS, C.J., and McCLURE and CHEW, JJ.

OPINION

BARAJAS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a jury finding that Appellee, Rafael Ruiz, was an employee of Appellant, Texas Department of Health, and that Appellant discriminated against Appellee in violation of the Texas Workers' Compensation Act, Anti-Retaliation Provision. The judgment of the trial court awarded Appellee the sum of $250,000, and ordered that he be reinstated to his former position. We find that the State of Texas has...

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