Public School Employer Has Immunity from Civil Liability for Retaliatory Discharge Claim

A Texas appellate court ruled that a public school district was immune from civil liability to a former employee on her retaliatory discharge claim. Case: Conroe Independent School District v. Osuna, No. 09-22-00424-CV, 05/23/2024, published. Facts: The Conroe Independent School District hired Maria Osuna as a custodian in 2018. According to Osuna, she was in a school library in August 2020 while others were spraying it with a chemical disinfectant, and she was accidentally sprayed in the face. Osuna alleged she began feeling sick after inhaling the spray. The district sent her home until ...