DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT v. JOHNSON

No. 05-98-01853-CV.

50 S.W.3d 738 (2001)

DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT, Appellant, v. Charles JOHNSON, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

July 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hyattye O. Simmons, Dallas, for Appellant.

Scott H. Richard, Law Office of Scott Richard, Bedford, for Appellee.

Before Justices LAGARDE, MOSELEY, and FARRIS.


OPINION

Opinion by Justice DAVID F. FARRIS (Assigned).

This is an employer's appeal of an adverse judgment in an employee's suit alleging his employer discharged him because he had filed a worker's compensation claim. See Tex. Lab.Code Ann. § 451.001 (Vernon 1996). Charles Johnson sued Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) after it discharged him from his job as a bus driver. Before bringing this suit, Johnson pressed his demand for continued employment...

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