Texas Employee Leasing Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Texas or Court of Appeals of Texas where the terms employee leasing has been mentioned. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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Southwestern Security Services - 8/4/2005
This is a restricted appeal from the trial court's entry of a default judgment against Appellant. For the reasons stated herein, we reverse the trial court's finding and remand this case to the trial court for further proceedings...
In re J.A. - 8/4/2005
This appeal arises from a bill of review proceeding filed by a child which set aside certain provisions of a 1996 divorce decree between Nancy and David Carrasco. The decree adjudicated J.A.'s parentage, specifying that David was her...
Haines v. Riata Technologies - 8/3/2005
Sitting: Karen Angelini, Justice, Sandee Bryan Marion, Justice, Phylis J. Speedlin, Justice.
AFFIRMED
Dalton M. Haines appeals a summary judgment granted against him in a wrongful termination lawsuit. We affirm the trial...
Texas State Technical College v. Cressman - 8/3/2005
Texas State Technical College ("TSTC") and several of its administrators and employees bring this interlocutory appeal from the trial court's denial of a summary judgment motion premised on statutory interpretation and official...
Mackey v. U.P. Enterprises - 7/29/2005
This is a sexual harassment case. Appellant Glenda Mackey alleged that two Taco Bell store managers subjected her to sexual harassment and sexual discrimination and that she ultimately was wrongfully discharged. Mackey asserted...
Morales v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. - 7/28/2005
This is an appeal from the trial court's decision granting a plea to the jurisdiction filed by Appellees contending that the El Paso courts lacked jurisdiction for review of Appellant's claims filed under the Texas Workers'...
Ysleta Independent School District v. Griego - 7/28/2005
The Ysleta Independent School District appeals the denial of its motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. This is an accelerated interlocutory appeal pursuant to Section 51.014(a)(8) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code....
McDill v. Texas Dep't of Transportation - 7/21/2005
Appellant Thomas P. McDill, Jr. sued appellee Texas Department of Transportation for unlawful termination, alleging violations of the Whistleblower Act. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. §§ 554.01-.010 (West 2004). Following a ten day trial,...
Stewart v. C.L. Trammell Properties - 7/18/2005
Before Justices Morris, Lang, and Mazzant
Ann Stewart, an attorney appearing pro se, appeals the final judgment against her in a forcible detainer action. Stewart specifies 30 points on appeal, but condenses them into three...
Clewis v. Safeco Insurance Co. of America - 7/14/2005
Appellant Wilbert Clewis attempts to appeal from a trial court judgment affirming a decision of the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission Appeals Panel. We will dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.
On June 3, 2005, this court...
In re J. R. D. - 7/14/2005
Roger Duck appeals from a modification order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. After a hearing, the district court entered an order granting the petition to increase Duck's time with his sons to include Thursday...
[W] VanDevender v. Woods - 7/14/2005
Appellant, James VanDevender, filed a declaratory judgment action, in which he alleged appellees failed to continue to pay his full salary after he sustained an on-the-job injury while employed as a deputy sheriff. See Tex. Const....
Velasquez v. Waste Connections - 7/14/2005
This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of Appellees in a lawsuit filed by Appellant alleging wrongful termination on the basis of national origin as a result of his termination from employment with one Appellee,...
Diamond Shamrock Refining Co. - 7/8/2005
Argued October 1, 2003
JUSTICE GREEN did not participate in the decision.
Charles Hall died of burns he suffered in a refinery explosion. His wife sued his employer, Diamond Shamrock Refining Co., L.P., a self-insured...
Henry v. Texas Lottery Commission - 7/8/2005
Pasty Henry appeals from a "no evidence" summary judgment granted in favor of the Texas Lottery Commission on her Texas Whistleblower Act claims. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. §§ 554.001-.010 (West 2004). In two issues, she contends that...
[W] Cannon v. University Trace Condominium Association - 7/7/2005
Appellant Brenda S. Cannon challenges the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of appellee University Trace Condominium Association. By two points of error, appellant contends the trial court erroneously dismissed her...
Lopez v. Homebuilding Company - 7/7/2005
Appellant, Daniel Lopez, who sustained injuries from a fall from the second story of a house where he had been hired to perform stone masonry work, appeals from a final summary judgment rendered in favor of appellees, the...
Skiles v. Jack in the Box - 7/7/2005
Before Justices Bridges, Richter, and Lang
Wade Skiles, plaintiff below, appeals the trial court's summary judgment that he take nothing in his lawsuit for negligence against Jack in the Box, Inc., defendant below.
Skiles...
Bryant v. Lucent Technologies - 7/6/2005
Jane Anne Bryant filed suit against Lucent Technologies, Inc. for wrongful termination, breach of contract, intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault and battery, negligent supervision, fraud, and defamation. The court...
In re Basco - 7/6/2005
Before Justices Moseley, Bridges, and Francis
Relator contends the trial judge erred in not disqualifying opposing counsel. We conclude the trial judge did not abuse his discretion in not disqualifying opposing counsel....
In re Hartford Underwriters Insurance Co. - 6/30/2005
Original Mandamus Proceeding
In the underlying proceeding, the real parties in interest filed an action in Ector County seeking judicial review of a Texas Workers' Compensation Commission appeals panel decision that vacated the...
Doege v. Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital - 6/29/2005
Sitting: Alma L. López, Chief Justice, Sandee Bryan Marion, Justice, Phylis J. Speedlin, Justice
AFFIRMED IN PART AND REVERSED AND REMANDED IN PART
This is an appeal from the trial court's order rendering summary judgment...
Barchus v. State Farm Fire & Casuality Co. - 6/28/2005
Appellant, Kenneth Barchus, appeals the trial court's judgment in favor of appellee, State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, in his appeal from the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission's (the "Commission") decision denying him...
Double Ace Inc. v. Pope - 6/24/2005
Presenting 13 issues, Double Ace, Inc. appeals the judgment following a jury trial, denying it any relief on its claims for damages and awarding Bennie Dale Pope and Michael Deardorff damages and attorney's fees sought by their...
Order List - 6/24/2005
03-0938 LARRY MEYER v. JOHN CATHEY; from McLennan County; 10th district (10-99-00326-CV, 115 SW3d 644, 08-04-03) 2 petitions
Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 59.1, after granting the petitions for review and...
Ackerson v. Clarendon National Insurance Co. - 6/23/2005
Appellant was injured on the job and submitted a claim against appellee, his employer's insurance carrier, to the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission ("Commission"). After the Commission granted partial relief, the Commission's...
Western Steel Co. - 6/23/2005
Before Justices Yanez, Castillo, and Garza.
Appellee, Hank Altenburg, sued appellant, Western Steel Company, Inc. ("Western"), for injuries sustained in a work-related accident. Following a jury trial, the jury found (1)...
Lewis v. Dallas Soundstage - 6/22/2005
Before Justices Morris, Francis, and Mazzant
In this case brought under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), William Lewis, Howard Knieriem, and Steve Holley (collectively, appellants) appeal the...
Wyly v. Preservation Dallas - 6/22/2005
Before Justices Morris, Whittington, and O'Neill
This case involves proceedings in which the Wyly defendant-appellants sought a certificate to demolish a house in the historic Swiss Avenue district in Dallas. After an initial...
Browne v. Kroger Co. - 6/21/2005
Appellant Margaret T. Browne filed suit against her employer, Kroger Company, seeking damages for a neck injury she alleges resulted from Kroger's negligence in requiring her to perform certain tasks even though she informed Kroger...
Sterling Trust Co. v. Roderickadderley - 6/17/2005
Argued September 29, 2004
JUSTICE JOHNSON did not participate in the decision.
The Texas Securities Act (TSA) imposes liability on a person who sells securities "by means of an untrue statement of a material fact or an...
In re Big 8 Food Stores - 6/16/2005
Relator, Big 8 Food Stores, Ltd. ("Big 8"), asks this Court to issue a writ of mandamus against Respondent, the Honorable Javier Alvarez, Judge of the County Court at Law Number Three, El Paso County, Texas. For the reasons stated,...
McDonnell v. Texas Workers ' Compensation Commission - 6/16/2005
Appellant Mark F. McDonnell, M.D., filed an unopposed motion to dismiss this appeal. Accordingly, we grant the motion to dismiss this appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1(a).
Before Justices B. A. Smith, Patterson and Pemberton ...
Attieh v. University of Texas at Austin - 6/16/2005
Appellant, Aman Attieh, appeals the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of appellee, University of Texas at Austin (the University). Attieh claims that her position as Senior Lecturer was eliminated and that she was...
Ancira Enterprises - 6/16/2005
This is an appeal from a judgment on a jury verdict finding Ancira Enterprises, Incorporated (Ancira Enterprises) and Ancira GMC Trucks and Motor Homes, Inc. (Ancira GMC) liable for retaliatory discharge in violation of the Texas...
Clayton v. Wisener - 6/15/2005
In six issues, Appellant Tom Clayton, M.D. challenges the trial court's entry of a judgment awarding $91,488.00 in actual damages and $200,000.00 in exemplary damages to Appellee Susan Wisener. We affirm in part and reverse and...
Santillan v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. - 6/9/2005
This is an appeal from the trial court's granting of a "no evidence" summary judgment against Appellant. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Appellant has appealed from the...
Sympson v. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board - 6/9/2005
Appellant Georgia Kaye Sympson ("Sympson") filed suit in the 342nd District Court against Appellee Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board ("DFW") for unlawful discriminatory employment practices. DFW filed a plea to the...
City of Houston v. Fletcher - 6/9/2005
Juanita Fletcher brought this action against her former employer, the City of Houston, and her former supervisor, Susan McMillian. Fletcher asserted age discrimination claims against the City under the Texas Commission on Human...
Oliphint v. Richards - 6/7/2005
This is a defamation case arising out of a negative employment reference given by appellees, Scott M. Richards and Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., to a private investigator hired by appellant, Barry A. Oliphint. The trial court...
Van Independent School Dist. v. McCarty - 5/27/2005
JUSTICE BRISTER delivered the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE JEFFERSON, JUSTICE HECHT, JUSTICE OWEN, JUSTICE WAINWRIGHT, JUSTICE MEDINA, and J USTICE GREEN joined.
JUSTICE O'N EILL filed a dissenting opinion. ...
Walters v. Columbia/St. David's Healthcare System - 5/26/2005
Our opinion and judgment issued on April 14, 2005 are withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted.
Appellant Britton Cherish Walters brought suit against St. David's Healthcare System, L.P., Dr. Steven Todd Cole, Dr....
Galindo v. Imperial Group - 5/26/2005
Appellant Melchor Galindo filed this wrongful termination suit against Appellees Imperial Group, L.P. a/k/a Transportation Technologies Industries, Imperial Fabricating, Inc., and Imperial Fabrication (Imperial). Imperial filed a...
Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania v. Orosco - 5/25/2005
Sitting: Alma L. López, Chief Justice, Sandee Bryan Marion, Justice, Phylis J. Speedlin, Justice.
AFFIRMED IN PART; APPEAL DISMISSED IN PART FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION
This is an appeal from the trial court's (1) denial of...
Newman v. Castro - 5/25/2005
Ernest D. Newman, an inmate in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division ("TDCJ"), proceeding pro se, filed an in forma pauperissuit against Raynaldo Castro, Richard K. Thompson, III, B. Elmore, Anthony M....
Brooks v. Lubbock County Hospital - 5/24/2005
By this appeal, appellant John W. Brooks contends the trial court erred in dismissing his action alleging racial discrimination against Lubbock County Hospital, d/b/a University Medical Center, for lack of jurisdiction. We affirm. ...
In re Zurich American Insurance Co. - 5/19/2005
Original Proceeding
MEMORANDUM OPINION
In this original proceeding the relators, Zurich American Insurance Company ("Zurich") and Kathryn Kuba, seek a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to vacate an order assuming...
TXU Generation Co. - 5/19/2005
In this direct appeal, we consider a challenge to the validity of the Public Utility Commission's rule, 29 Tex. Reg. 1899 (2004) (to be codified at 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.503 (Pub. Util. Comm'n)), governing its oversight of the...
Wilson v. Thompson - 5/18/2005
John W. Wilson appeals from the dismissal of his in forma pauperis, pro se inmate suit against R.E. Thompson, Robert Herrera, Warden Webb, Mary Billups, Officer Lightfoot, Officer Adams, Officer Daniels, Officer McDaniels, Officer...
Haggar Clothing Co. v. Hernandez - 5/13/2005
JUSTICE JOHNSON did not participate in the decision.
Altagracia Hernandez sued her former employer, Haggar Clothing Company, alleging that she was fired in retaliation for filing a workers' compensation claim after she was...
Sanders v. Home Depot U.S.A. - 5/12/2005
Eugene Carl Sanders appeals from a no-evidence summary judgment for appellees Home Depot USA, Inc. and Jan Patterson. In two issues, Sanders contends that the summary judgment is improper because there are material fact issues...
In re E.A.C. - 5/11/2005
Before Justices Wright, FitzGerald, Lang-Miers
This is a limited appeal pursuant to rule 34.6(c)(1) in which appellant Lorrie Lou McDonald complains of the child support order entered against her in favor of appellee Glenn...
[W] Guerrero-McDonald & Associates - 5/11/2005
Sitting: Alma L. López, Chief Justice, Sandee Bryan Marion, Justice, Phylis J. Speedlin, Justice.
AFFIRMED
Guerrero-McDonald & Associates, Inc., and RLI Insurance Company (collectively "GMA") appeal a final judgment...
Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania v. Hartford Underwriters Insurance Co. - 5/10/2005
This is an appeal from a summary judgment. Appellant The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania ("ICSP") argues in four issues that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of appellee Hartford Underwriters...
Bliss v. NRG Industries - 5/6/2005
Appellant Bruce J. Bliss, Jr. was hired by Keystone Personnel, Group ("Keystone") and assigned to work on a temporary basis for NRG Industries d/b/a National Duct Systems, Inc. ("NDS"). While working on NDS's premises, Bliss...
In re J.I. - 5/5/2005
I. Introduction
C.I. appeals the trial court's judgment terminating her parental rights to J.I. In her first two points, C.I. challenges the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence to support the trial court's finding...
Mission Resources - 5/5/2005
On motion of the Court, the opinion issued in this matter on April 7, 2005 is withdrawn and the following opinion is issued in its place. In this opinion, the Court revises its legal-sufficiency review of the evidence supporting the...
Silsbee Hospital - 4/28/2005
In this case, an employee of a nonsubscriber to workers' compensation insurance voluntarily elected to participate in an employee benefit plan that provided specified benefits in lieu of a common law remedy. The employer, Silsbee...
Herchman v. DP Solutions - 4/28/2005
Rebecca Herchman initially filed suit against DP Solutions, Inc. and DP Solutions Software and Consulting, Inc., under premises liability for injuries allegedly sustained while working at her employer's premises when she tripped,...
Rodriguez v. U.S. Security Associates - 4/28/2005
Appellant Steve Rodriguez, third-party defendant below, brought cross-claims against appellee U.S. Security Associates, Inc. (USSA) and others who allegedly represented to his health care providers that he was an employee of USSA...
In re A.J.J. - 4/21/2005
In this child support modification case, Robert Paul J. appeals from an adverse judgment for Jean Zanker J. In three issues, Robert contends that the trial court abused its discretion by denying his request to reduce his child...
In re Starflite Management Group - 4/21/2005
Relator, StarFlite Management Group, Inc., d/b/a/ StarFlite Aviation ("StarFlite"), has filed a petition for writ of mandamus alleging an abuse of discretion by the trial court in the signing of a discovery order that granted the...
Brown v. Zimmerman - 4/20/2005
Medina Evelina Littlejohn Brown is the ex-wife of Samuel Mort Zimmerman who is the founder and President of Interfederal Capital, Inc. She appeals the judgment rendered by the trial court on the jury verdict awarding Interfederal...
Thomann v. Lakes Regional MHMR Center - 4/18/2005
Susan Lorraine Thomann appeals the summary judgment granted in favor of Lakes Regional MHMR Center (Lakes Regional) dismissing her claims of employment discrimination and retaliation. We affirm.
Background
Lakes Regional...
Moore v. University of Houston-Clear Lake - 4/14/2005
This is an appeal from the trial court's grant of a plea to the jurisdiction in a suit filed under the Whistleblower Act. Appellant David E. Moore argues the trial court erred in granting the University of Houston-Clear Lake's (UHCL)...
[W] Walters v. Columbia/St. David's Healthcare System - 4/14/2005
Our opinion and judgment issued on March 17, 2005, are withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted.
Appellant Britton Cherish Walters brought suit against St. David's Healthcare System, L.P., Dr. Steven Todd Cole, Dr....
Garza v. Exel Logistics - 4/8/2005
Argued February 18, 2004
A worker hired by a temporary employment agency was injured while performing tasks for the agency's client. The trial court granted summary judgment for the agency and its client, concluding that the...
[W] Mission Resources - 4/7/2005
This is an appeal from a judgment of approximately $14 million against appellant, Coastal Oil and Gas Corporation ("Coastal"), now known as El Paso Production Oil & Gas Company, following a jury trial in Hidalgo County....
Childers v. King Ranch - 4/7/2005
This is an appeal of a summary judgment granted in favor of appellees, King Ranch, Inc. (King Ranch) and Jack Hunt (Hunt), and against appellant, Steve Childers. In two issues, appellant asserts the trial court erred: (1) by denying...
Dishner v. Huitt-Zollars - 4/4/2005
Tom E. Dishner appeals the trial court's judgment in his religious discrimination suit against his former employer, Huitt-Zollars, Inc. The trial court's final order (the "Order") decreed that Dishner take nothing from Huitt-Zollars...
Order List - 4/1/2005
ORDERS ON CAUSES
THE MOTION IN THE FOLLOWING CAUSE IS GRANTED
From Travis County motion for leave to file appellants' brief in excess of page limit granted
ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR REVIEW
THE FOLLOWING PETITIONS...
Stevenson v. Tyson Foods - 3/23/2005
Appellant Roderick Stevenson appeals the trial court's summary judgment in favor of Appellee Tyson Foods, Inc. In one issue, Stevenson claims the trial court erred in granting summary judgment. We affirm.
Background ...
Calzada v. Namasco Corp. - 3/17/2005
Appellant Louis Calzada, Jr. appeals from the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of his former employer, appellee Namasco Corporation. Calzada claims that there are fact issues regarding whether Namasco terminated his...
Texas A&M University - 3/17/2005
This is an appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction. Appellee, Neal Vanzante, sued appellant, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, for employment discrimination under the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act ("the...
Alcoa - 3/17/2005
This is an appeal from a summary judgment in a third-party action brought by appellants, ALCOA, Reynolds Metals Company, Ron Warpula, and Paul Stanley Danser, Jr. (collectively "ALCOA"), against appellee, Hydrochem Industrial...
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