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HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORP. v. BAROUSSE

No. 01-10-00949-CV.

365 S.W.3d 46 (2011)

HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Kyle BAROUSSE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

July 28, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Jude Comeaux , Stephen Eric Hart , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Houston, TX, for Appellant.

Jeffrey N. Todd , The Law Firm of Alton C. Todd, Friendswood, TX, Lain Gordon Simpson , Simpson, P.C., Houston, TX, for Appellee.

Panel consists of Justices JENNINGS, BLAND, and MASSENGALE.

OPINION

JANE BLAND, Justice.

Kyle Barousse, an employee of Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation (Hertz), filed a worker's compensation claim after he sustained injuries in a collision that occurred while he was riding as a passenger in a company vehicle. Hertz fired Barousse the day he returned from medical leave for those injuries, and Barousse sued Hertz under section 451.001(1) of the Texas Labor Code, contending that it terminated his employment in retaliation...

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