Worker Loses Retaliatory Discharge Suit Involving Potential Claim

A Mobil Chemical Co. maintenance worker unsuccessfully challenged a summary judgment ruling against his suit alleging retaliatory discharge related to a potential workers' compensation claim, in Texas' 9th District Court of Appeals. The appellate court affirmed a trial court decision granting Mobil's motion for summary judgment, after weighing evidence involving testimony that the plaintiff, Thomas Louis, falsified maintenance reports as ordered by his supervisors. After his termination in July 2004, Louis sued his former employer for emotional distress, defamation, and retaliatory...