Houston Wrongful Discharge Lawsuit

Houston Wrongful Discharge Lawsuit

Texas is an at-will employment state, meaning that unless there is a contractual agreement saying otherwise, an employee employed for an indefinite term may be terminated at will without cause. A Beaumont wrongful termination lawsuit appealed to the Texas Supreme Court created an exception to the employment at-will doctrine. In its 1985 Sabine Pilot decision, … Read more

Fired For Refusing to Commit a Crime

Texas is an at-will employment state, meaning that unless there is a contractual agreement saying otherwise, an employee employed for an indefinite term may be terminated at will without cause. A Beaumont wrongful termination lawsuit appealed to the Texas Supreme Court created an exception to the employment at-will doctrine. In its 1985 Sabine Pilot decision, … Read more

Texas Truck Driver Wrongful Termination Lawsuit

Texas Truck Driver Wrongful Termination Lawsuit

Texas is an employment at-will employment state and has been that way since at least 1888. In that year, the Texas Supreme Court held that, absent a contractual agreement to the contrary, an employee employed for an indefinite term could be terminated at will without cause. That changed in the 1985 Sabine Pilot case where … Read more

Beaumont Wrongful Termination Lawsuit

Beaumont Wrongful Termination Lawsuit

Texas has been an at-will employment state since at least 1888, when the Texas Supreme Court held that absent a contractual agreement to the contrary, an employee employed for an indefinite term could be terminated at will without cause.  See, Young v. Nortex Foundation Designs, Inc., 2013 Tex.App. Lexis 1222 (Tex.App. – Fort Worth, 2013, … Read more