WILMER-HUTCHINS INDEPEN. SCHOOL v. SULLIVAN

No. 00-0847.

51 S.W.3d 293 (2001)

WILMER-HUTCHINS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Petitioner, v. Joyce E. SULLIVAN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 21, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric W. Schulze, Walsh Anderson Brown Schulze & Aldridge, Austin, for Petitioner.

John E. Wall, Jr., Law Offices of John E. Wall, Jr., Dallas, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

The issue here is whether the trial court has jurisdiction over this suit for retaliatory discharge despite the plaintiff's failure to exhaust her administrative remedies when the defendant did not tell her such remedies existed. The trial court concluded that it lacked jurisdiction and dismissed the case. The court of appeals reversed and remanded, holding that jurisdiction must be determined solely on the plaintiff's pleadings. 47 S...

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