Hospital Didn't Retaliate by Firing Injured Nurse

A Texas employer who laid off a worker after she had exhausted the maximum amount of unpaid leave she could receive after a workplace injury was entitled to summary judgment on the worker's claims for retaliatory discharge, breach of contract, fraud and negligent misrepresentation, the 5th District Court of Appeals ruled.Case: Bishop v. Children's Medical Center of Dallas, No. 05-13-00107-CV, 06/25/2014, published. Facts: Patricia Bishop worked as a nurse for the Children's Medical Center of Dallas. She claimed that she injured her foot, knee and ankle in a workplace fall in S...