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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Ellsworth Motor Freight Lines v. McWilliams - 8/22/2000
In this wrongful termination suit Ellsworth Motor Freight Lines, Inc. (Ellsworth) appeals the trial court's judgment in favor of its former employee, Vernon McWilliams. The jury awarded damages in the amount of $37,000.00 for lost...
Ambrosio v. EPS Wireless - 8/18/2000
Robert Ambrosio appeals, in part, the summary judgment granted in favor of David Lopez. In five issues, Ambrosio contends generally that the trial court erred by granting Lopez's motion for summary judgment on Ambrosio's breach of...
Frost National Bank v. Burge - 8/17/2000
This appeal stems from a defaulted real estate loan. The lender, Frost National Bank, appeals from a summary judgment granted in favor of the loan's surety, Charles E. Burge, on his claims for conversion, breach of contract, and...
Thorn v. Express Services - 8/17/2000
Geraldine Thorn sued Express Services, Inc., d/b/a Colorado Express Services, Inc., for a repetitive trauma injury she sustained while working as a telemarketer at Muscular Dystrophy Association. The trial court granted the motion...
Sanchez v. State - 8/16/2000
OPINION ON REMAND
REVERSED AND REMANDED
This appeal was taken from a conviction for official oppression for sexual harassment. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 39.03 (a)(3), (c) (Vernon 1994). The jury found appellant, Arthur...
Downs v. Continental Casualty Co. - 8/16/2000
APPELLEE'S MOTION FOR REHEARING GRANTED; APPELLANT'S MOTION FOR REHEARING ON MOTION TO MODIFY JUDGMENT IN PART GRANTED; REVERSED AND RENDERED IN PART AND REVERSED AND REMANDED IN PART
We grant Continental Casualty Co.'s and Mary...
Texas General Indemnity Company v. Eisler - 8/10/2000
THE MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE PETITION FOR REVIEW IS OVERRULED IN THE FOLLOWING CASE: ...
Texas Workers ' Compensation Insurance Facility v. Peakload Inc. - 8/10/2000
THE MOTION TO ORDER THE COURT OF APPEALS' OPINION PUBLISHED IS OVERRULED IN THE FOLLOWING CASE: ...
Bartlett v. City of Mesquite - 8/9/2000
This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of the City of Mesquite. Patrick J. Bartlett, David Yanes, John Gilbert, Phil Brown, and Pat Burke (appellants) sued the City of Mesquite for violations of section 554.006 of...
Continental Carbon Co. v. Sea-Land Service - 8/8/2000
Petition for review denied December 29, 2000.
CONTINENTAL CARBON COMPANY, APPELLANT v. SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC., APPELLEE
On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 1Dallas County, Texas, Trial Court Cause No. cc-99-768-a ...
Herrera v. Wembley Investment Co. - 8/8/2000
AFFIRM and Opinion Filed August 8, 2000
OPINION ON REMAND
Rosaura Herrera appeals the summary judgment setting aside the default judgment against Wembley Investment Company. On original submission, this Court concluded that...
Dallas Independent School District v. Hernandez - 8/8/2000
In this interlocutory appeal, Anthony Hernandez, a temporary employee, sued Dallas Independent School District and Gary Burns (collectively "DISD") for alleged retaliation against Hernandez for filing a workers' compensation claim....
Miga v. Jensen - 8/3/2000
Motion to vacate trial court's order reducing and releasing supersedeas bond denied December 29, 2000.
DENNIS L. MIGA, DEFENDENT v. RONALD L. JENSEN, APPELENT
Panel A: Cayce, C.J.; Livingston and Richards, JJ.
The...
Bell v. State - 8/3/2000
William Bell, the appellant, was charged in two separate indictments with the offense of aggravated perjury. A jury found the appellant guilty as charged in both indictments. The jury assessed punishment at three years confinement in...
Roberts v. Padre Island Brewing Co. Inc. - 8/3/2000
Appellant Pamela Roberts appeals the dismissal of an employment discrimination claim. By two points of error, she contends the trial court erred by (1) dismissing her claim because she was diligent in procuring service upon appellee...
Dallas Public Schools v. Barfield - 7/31/2000
In this interlocutory appeal , Johnny C. Barfield filed a wrongful termination suit against his employer, the Dallas Independent School District (DISD). Barfield alleged his termination was in violation of the Texas Whistleblower...
Wal-Mart Stores - 6/29/2000
By six points of error, Wal-Mart seeks reversal of a multi-million dollar jury verdict awarded in favor of its former employee, T.J. Lane. While employed by Wal-Mart, Lane complained that a female co-worker was "spreading rumors...
City Of Fort Worth - 6/29/2000
On Petition for Review from the Court of Appeals for the Third District of Texas
Argued on December 8, 1999
Justice Gonzales delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
The Court reverses the court of appeals'...
Gulf Insurance Company v. Wiley - 6/29/2000
This is an "old law" workers' compensation case. A jury found (a) Rose Wiley suffered an injury in the course and scope of her employment on June 10, 1990; (b) that injury was a producing cause of intermittent periods of total and...
Burns v. Burns - 6/29/2000
The central issue in this case is whether or not the appellant established all of the elements of Craddock v. Sunshine Bus Lines and thus is entitled to have the default decree of divorce set aside. See Craddock v. Sunshine Bus...
Weitzen v. Hyatt Corporation - 6/28/2000
Justice Poff
Susan Weitzen sued Hyatt Corporation (Hyatt) for negligence regarding injuries allegedly sustained when she fell at a Hyatt hotel. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Hyatt. In two points of error...
Texas Workers ' Compensation Insurance Fund v. Community Waste Disposal - 6/26/2000
On June 7, 2000, appellant filed a notice of withdrawal of appeal, wherein appellant requests the Court to dismiss the appeal. Accordingly, this appeal is DISMISSED. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1 (a)(2).
PER CURIAM
Do Not...
Ford Motor Co. v. Motor Vehicle Board Of The Texas Department Of Transportation - 6/22/2000
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
We grant the motion for rehearing of the Motor Vehicle Board, withdraw our original opinion and judgment issued April 27, 2000, and substitute this one in its place.
This is an appeal from a district...
Battin v. Samaniego - 6/22/2000
In this case, former deputies and detention officers with the El Paso County Sheriff's Department allege that Sheriff Leo Samaniego retaliated against them for filing workers' compensation claims. They are joined by their Sheriff's...
Lopez v. Texas Workers ' Compensation Insurance Fund - 6/15/2000
ORDER ON PETITION FOR REVIEW
THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR REVIEW IS DENIED: ...
FM Properties Operating Company v. City of Austin - 6/15/2000
On Direct Appeals from the 345th District Court, Travis County
Argued on December 9, 1998
Justice Baker delivered the opinion of the Court in which Chief Justice Phillips, Justice Enoch, Justice Hankinson, Justice O'Neill...
City of Midland v. O'Bryant - 6/15/2000
On Petition for Review from the Court of Appeals for the Third District of Texas
Argued September 9, 1998
The opinion issued April 6, 2000, is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted in its place:
The...
Mel Handling Equipment Co. - 6/15/2000
The Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Facility (the "Facility") recovered summary judgment against Mel Handling Equipment Company, Inc. (the "Company") in the amount of $6,271.36, representing disputed premiums claimed by the...
Waldrep v. Texas Employers Insurance Association - 6/15/2000
Appellant Alvis Kent Waldrep, Jr. was awarded workers' compensation benefits by the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission (the "Commission") for an injury he sustained while playing football for Texas Christian University ("TCU")....
Haley v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - 6/14/2000
This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (Blue Cross). Kathline Haley sued Blue Cross for racial discrimination, racial harassment and intentional infliction of emotional distress....
Diaz v. Comark Building Systems - 6/14/2000
Lazaro Diaz was employed by Comark Building Systems, Inc. (Comark), a non- subscriber under the Texas Worker's Compensation Act. Diaz sued Comark for negligence and products liability after his right hand was maimed by Comark's table...
Fields v. Teamsters Local Union No. 988 - 6/8/2000
Appellant, Maria E. Fields, challenges a no-evidence summary judgment rendered in favor of appellees, Teamsters Local Union 988 (the Union) and Terry Lovan, against her claims for gender discrimination, retaliation, and sexual...
Texas Animal Health Commission v. Garza - 6/7/2000
Opinion by: Alma L. López, Justice
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED AND RENDERED IN PART
This is an appeal from a jury verdict in favor of Julio Alfonso Garza's claim of wrongful termination in violation of the Texas...
Canzeri Company v. Aon Services Group - 6/6/2000
Justice Ovard
In this interlocutory appeal, The Canzeri Company (Canzeri) appeals from the trial court's order staying arbitration. In a single issue, Canzeri contends the trial court erred in staying arbitration because a...
King v. Texas Department of Human Services - 5/31/2000
After losing a promotion to another job candidate, appellant, John King, sued his employer, the Texas Department of Human Services (the Department), claiming racial discrimination-in violation of both constitutional and statutory...
Rylander v. Caldwell - 5/31/2000
Appellee Marcie Caldwell sued the Comptroller seeking a declaration that section 51.702(b) of the Texas Government Code is unconstitutional. The Comptroller filed a plea to the jurisdiction, which the trial court denied. The...
In the matter of Marriage of Parker - 5/31/2000
Mark Patrick Parker, Sr. appeals from the trial court's judgment granting Brenda May Parker's petition for divorce. Mark files his appeal pro se and in forma pauperis.
Mark filed an answer to his wife's petition and requested a...
Brewer v. Brewer - 5/31/2000
Opinion by:Sarah B. Duncan, Justice
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED AND REMANDED IN PART
Brenda Brewer appeals the trial court's divorce decree, arguing the trial court erred in failing to award her child support in excess of...
Turner v. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints - 5/25/2000
Christ of Latter- Day Saints, the Corporation of the Bishop of the Church Church") for injuries Turner allegedly suffered as a result of his Jon Turner (Turner) and his wife, Nicole Turner, sued the Church of Jesus barred by the...
Wortham v. Otis Elevator Company - 5/25/2000
Appellant Rose M. Wortham appeals the trial court's orders granting summary judgments in favor of appellee Otis Elevator Company (Otis). In two issues, Wortham generally contends the trial court erred in granting Otis's motions for...
Jason v. James Byrd - 5/18/2000
This appeal of a post-answer default judgment arises from a declaratory judgment suit filed by appellee, the James Byrd, Jr. Foundation for Racial Healing ("Byrd Foundation") against appellants, Eligah Jason and Robin Zaruba, doing...
Sauls v. Montgomery County - 5/18/2000
Appellant Sherman Sauls ("Sauls") brings this appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of appellees Montgomery County and Guy Williams, individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Montgomery County.
In his...
Harris County v. Nash - 5/18/2000
OPINION
Harris County appeals the trial court's denial of its plea to the jurisdiction. Appellant filed an interlocutory appeal pursuant to TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014(a)(8) (Vernon Supp. 1999). In one point...
Ajibade v. Edinburg General Hospital - 5/18/2000
Opinion by Justice Chavez
Appellant Caleb Ajibade suffered an injury at his job with appellee Edinburg Hospital in 1991. He sought workers' compensation benefits through the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission, and, unhappy...
Leatherwood v. M.B.Z. - 5/17/2000
Opinion by:Paul W. Green, Justice
AFFIRMED
Appellants Tammie Leatherwood and Troy Diaz, as next friends of their daughter, brought suit against M.B.Z., Inc. (MBZ) and its employee, Girishkumar Patel (Girish), seeking...
Wausau Underwriters Insurance Company v. Garcia - 5/15/2000
Justice Roach
In this workers' compensation case, Wausau Underwriters Insurance Company appeals the trial court's summary judgment reversing a final decision of the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission on the compensability...
Thorpe v. Alsaeed - 5/11/2000
Appellant, Michelle Thorpe, is a history instructor at the southeast campus of the Houston Community College System ("the college"). Thorpe appeals summary judgments rendered for the college and for Ibrahim Alsaeed, who competed...
Rylander v. Bandag Licensing Corproation - 5/11/2000
Carole Keeton Rylander, Comptroller of Public Accounts, and Attorney General John Cornyn (collectively the "Comptroller") appeal from a district court judgment recovered by Bandag Licensing Corporation ("BLC") in a declaratory judgment...
Ambassador Medical - 5/4/2000
July 28, 2000: The appellant's motion to not publish the opinion was GRANTED by this Court on July 27, 2000. Therefore, the opinion is hereby ordered WITHDRAWN from publication.
AMBASSADOR MEDICAL, INC., APPELLANT, V. JORGE...
Greathouse v. Alvin Independent School District - 5/4/2000
Appellant, Doug Greathouse, challenges a no-evidence summary judgment rendered in favor of appellee, Alvin Independent School District (Alvin ISD), against his claim of wrongful discharge based on racial discrimination. We address...
Curtis v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline - 5/4/2000
The Commission for Lawyer Discipline ("Commission") brought this disciplinary action against Mary O. Curtis ("Curtis"), alleging violations of multiple provisions of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. Following a...
Hill v. Texas Council Risk Management Fund - 5/3/2000
Moneta Lynn Hill brought suit against her governmental employer's self-insurance fund, Texas Council Risk Management Fund (the Fund), in an attempt to recover uninsured and underinsured benefits for injuries she sustained in the...
Milner v. City of Leander - 3/23/2000
Appellant Carol Ann Milner sued appellees under statutory causes of action seeking review and reassessment of a workers' compensation claim and under a common law cause of action for breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing...
Vignos v. Dawkins - 3/16/2000
This is an appeal of a post-answer default judgment granted to appellee, Trevor A. Dawkins, against his former wife, appellant, Suzanne L. Vignos. In three points of error, we are asked to reverse because the trial court abused its...
General Agents Insurance Co. of America - 3/15/2000
Opinion by:Phil Hardberger, Chief Justice
REVERSED AND REMANDED
General Agents Insurance Company of America, Inc. ("GAINSCO") appeals a judgment rendered in favor of The Home Insurance Company of Illinois, Inc. ("Home") in...
Alamo Workforce Development - 3/15/2000
Opinion by:Catherine Stone, Justice
REVERSED AND RENDERED
Appellants Alamo Workforce Development, Inc. and Catherine "Cathy" Valdez present this accelerated appeal contesting the trial court's denial of their motion for...
Texas Workers ' Compensation Commission v. Old Republic Insurance Company - 3/15/2000
Justice Dodson
The Texas Workers' Compensation Commission (the TWCC), Todd K. Brown as executive director of the TWCC, and the TWCC Subsequent Injury Fund and its administrator, Claudia Nadig (collectively, TWCC) bring four...
Metoskie v. Bank of America Texas - 3/9/2000
John Metoskie sued Bank of America Texas (BOA) and Susan Maurer for employment discrimination and retaliation under the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (TCHRA). See Tex. Lab. Code Ann. §§ 21.001-21.306 (Vernon 1996). Metoskie...
Texas Workers ' Compensation Commission v. City of Eagle Pass - 3/9/2000
Motion for rehearing of petition for review denied March 22, 2001.
TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION, APPELLANT v. CITY OF EAGLE PASS/TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE WORKERS' COMPENSATION JOINT INSURANCE FUND; AND CAPITAL METRO...
Jones v. Jefferson County - 3/8/2000
Florence Jones appeals a take-nothing judgment rendered by the district court in her suit against Jefferson County. Jones' suit alleged that she had been dismissed from her position as a deputy county clerk for racial reasons, and...
Burstein v. Paradigm Geophysical - 3/8/2000
Michael Burstein sued Paradigm Geophysical, Ltd. and Paradigm Geophysical Corp. for wrongful termination of Burstein's employment. Based on a forum selection clause contained in an employment contract between Burstein and Paradigm...
Kansas City Southern Railway Company v. Stokes - 3/2/2000
Kansas City Southern Railway Company appeals from a judgment finding the Railway negligent under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) and awarding $1 million in damages to Everett Stokes. A jury returned this verdict, and the...
Houston Community College System v. Schneider - 3/2/2000
Houston Community College System (HCCS), a self-insured governmental entity, appeals a judgment against it on a jury verdict awarding workers' compensation benefits to Ann Schneider. We affirm.
Schneider worked as a sign...
Texas State Employees Union v. Texas Workforce Commission - 3/2/2000
This is an appeal of a trial-court order granting appellees their plea to the jurisdiction, thereby dismissing each of appellants' causes of action. In ten issues, appellants, former employees of the Texas Workforce Commission,...
Whiteco v. Texas Utilities Electric Co. - 2/28/2000
Texas Utilities Electric Company (TU Electric) sued Metrocom, Inc. d/b/a Whiteco, and Whiteco Industries, Inc. d/b/a Whiteco (Whiteco) for reimbursement of its costs incurred in defending and settling a case brought by a Whiteco...
Favaloro v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline - 2/28/2000
The State Bar of Texas filed a disciplinary petition in the name of the Commission for Lawyer Discipline against attorney Richard W. Favaloro, alleging professional misconduct. The trial court found that Favaloro committed misconduct...
TeleVentures - 2/25/2000
This is an appeal arising from the district court's sustaining appellees' special appearance. The sole issue on appeal is whether Texas courts can assert in personam jurisdiction over a Nevada corporation in a suit concerning...
Texas Natrual Resource and Conservation Commission v. White - 2/24/2000
INTRODUCTION
Appellant, Texas Natural Resource and Conservation Commission (TNRCC), a state agency, appeals the trial court's denial of its motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction based upon sovereign immunity. Because we...
Harris County - 2/24/2000
OPINION ON SECOND MOTION FOR REHEARING
On January 20, 2000, we issued an opinion on the motion for rehearing of the appellant, Harris County, Texas. Harris County has filed a second motion for rehearing based on National Liab....
Texas Workers ' Compensation Insurance Fund v. Cenkor Foundation of Texas - 2/24/2000
PETITION FOR REVIEW IS DENIED: ...
Henry v. Dillard Department Stores - 2/23/2000
AFFIRMED
Appellants Carol Ann Henry and James S. Henry appeal from summary judgment granted in favor of Mrs. Henry's employer, Dillard Department Store, Inc., and its wholly owned adjuster, Pulaski Adjustment Company (referred to...
Harril v. AJ's Wrecker Service - 2/22/2000
Sendill Harrill appeals the summary judgment entered against him in favor of AJ's Wrecker Service (AJ) in the county court at law on appeal from the justice court. Harrill brings five points of error contending the trial court erred...
Harrill v. AJ's Wrecker Service - 2/22/2000
Sendill Harrill appeals the summary judgment entered against him in favor of AJ's Wrecker Service (AJ) in the county court at law on appeal from the justice court. Harrill brings five points of error contending the trial court erred...
Weidner v. Sanchez - 2/17/2000
Appellants, Gary Leroy Weidner and Liberty Cab Company, Inc., appeal from a judgment in a personal injury suit in favor of appellee, Matilde S. Sanchez. In eight points of error, appellants assert the trial court erred because it (1)...
Dickey v. Club Corporation of America - 2/16/2000
Craig Dickey and Brenda Dickey appeal the summary judgment granted in favor of Club Corporation of America and Richardson Club, Inc. d/b/a Canyon Creek Country Club. In two issues, the Dickeys contend generally that the trial court...
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