UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON v. BARTH

No. 08-1001.

313 S.W.3d 817 (2010)

The UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, Petitioner, v. Stephen BARTH, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 11, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greg W. Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, Clarence Andrew Weber, First Assistant Attorney General, David S. Morales, Shelley Dahlberg, Peter B. Plotts III, Jose Manuel Rangel, Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Robert B. O'Keefe, General Litigation Division, Austin, TX, for Petitioner.

J. W. Beverly, Dow Golub Berg & Beverly, LLP, Richard A. Battaglia, Richard A. Battaglia, P.C., Houston, TX, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Stephen Barth, a tenured professor at the University of Houston, sued the University under the Texas Whistleblower Act. Barth claimed his dean at the University retaliated against him after Barth reported contracting and accounting irregularities to University officials. A jury agreed and awarded Barth damages. The University appealed, arguing the verdict was not supported by legally sufficient evidence that Barth made a good-faith report of a violation...

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