GRAEF v. CHEMICAL LEAMAN CORP.

No. 95-40945.

106 F.3d 112 (1997)

James L. GRAEF, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHEMICAL LEAMAN CORPORATION, Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc., Dennis Copeland, and John Gallagher, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 24, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Fritz Barnett, John Hart Stevenson, Barnett & Craddock, Houston, TX, Lou Ann Cloy, Beaumont, TX, for plaintiff-appellee.

Vincent J. Pentima, Raymond A. Kresge, J. Anthony Messina, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, PA, V. Scott Kneese, Bracewell and Patterson, Houston, TX, Robert J. Hambright, Orgain, Bell and Tucker, Beaumont, TX, for defendants-appellants.

Before GARWOOD, DAVIS and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, Chemical Leaman Corporation ("CLC"), Chemical Leaman Tank Lines ("CLTL"), Dennis Copeland, and John Gallagher, appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict for retaliatory discharge in violation of Tex.Lab.Code Ann. § 451.001 (Vernon Supp.1996). Because the district court abused its discretion in refusing to admit evidence of the arbitration award, we vacate the district court judgment and remand this case for a...

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