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MARTIN v. CLINICAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES

No. 05-09-01079-CV.

343 S.W.3d 885 (2011)

Joyce MARTIN, Appellant, v. CLINICAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES, INC., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

June 8, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason C.N. Smith , Art Brender , Law Office of Art Brender, Fort Worth, TX, for Appellant.

Kirte M. Kinser , Brown McCarroll, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Kurt Howard Kuhn , Kurt Kuhn, PLLC, Austin, TX, for Appellee.

Graham Baker , Law Office of Graham Baker, PLLC, San Antonio, for Other Party in Interest.

Before Justices FITZGERALD, LANG-MIERS, and FILLMORE.

OPINION

Opinion by Justice FITZGERALD.

Appellant Joyce Martin sued appellee Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. (CPL) for wrongful termination, contending that Texas recognizes a wrongful-termination cause of action against an employer that terminates an at-will employee for exercising her right to vote in a general election. The trial court dismissed the case, and Martin appealed. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Allegations

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