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DEPT. OF ASSISTIVE & REHAB. SERV. v. HOWARD

No. 03-05-00031-CV.

182 S.W.3d 393 (2005)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF ASSISTIVE AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, successor in interest to the former Texas Rehabilitation Commission, Appellant v. Richard HOWARD, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

December 8, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Johnson III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellant.

Walter L. Taylor, Law Offices of Walter L. Taylor, Austin, for appellee.

Before Justices B.A. SMITH, PATTERSON and WALDROP.

OPINION

JAN P. PATTERSON, Justice.

The State of Texas elevates public employees who report legal wrongdoing to a protected status as a matter of fundamental policy. The State views whistleblowing by a public employee as a courageous act of loyalty to a larger community, and we allow whistleblowing public employees to be made whole through lawsuits against the State. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. §§ 554.002-.003 (West 2004). Richard Howard...

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