Court Partially Revives Injured Worker's Retaliatory Discharge Action

A Texas appellate court on Tuesday partially revived a pipe fitter’s claim of retaliatory discharge, finding he had raised a triable issue as to whether he had been fired because he had reported a job injury. Rogelio Salas worked for the Fluor Daniel Services Corp. as a pipe fitter. In 2015, he was sent to work on the Chevron Phillips Chemical Co.’s USGC Ethylene Project. Salas understood the temporary nature of the project and that Fluor had a reduction of force policy as the project progressed. Salas also understood that Fluor employees were provided workers’ compensation...