A Texas appellate court revived a worker’s claim of retaliatory termination, finding triable issues as to whether he had been fired for dishonesty or for filing a workers’ compensation claim.
Case: Elsell v. Encore Wire Corp., No. 05-23-00588-CV, 03/14/2025, published.
Facts: Ralph Elsell worked for Encore Wire Corp. In January 2019, he signed a document stating that he had failed to report an on-the-job fall that occurred in the summer of 2018. The document stated that Elsell had told his supervisor, Jimmy Davis, that he “bumped” his knee and that he had preexisting ...
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