Supreme Court of Texas

The Tort Claims Act's election-of-remedies provision under Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code section 101.106 applies to bar common-law claims for discriminatory dismissal against the Independent School District , but does not bar common-law claims under the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act, Tex. Lab. Code section 21.001-21.556.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/28/2008
• Published 03/28/2008

Judges

• Justice O'NEILL delivered the opinion of the Court.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David P. Hansen, Stephen Jon Moss, Schwartz & Eichelbaum, Dennis J. Eichelbaum, Frisco, Schwartz & Eichelbaum, P.C., Austin, for Petitioner., Savannah Robinson, Law Office of Savannah Robinson, Danbury, Carlos Enrique Hernandez Jr., Law Offices of Carlos E. Hernandez, Jr., Edinburg, for Gloria Garcia, in No. 05-0734., Savannah Robinson, Law Office of Savannah Robinson, Danbury, Carlos Enrique Hernandez Jr., Law Offices of Carlos E. Hernandez, Jr., Edinburg, for Melinda Sotuyo, in No. 05-0762., Savannah Robinson, Law Office of Savannah Robinson, Danbury, Carlos Enrique Hernandez Jr., Law Offices of Carlos E. Hernandez, Jr., Edinburg, for Deborah Medina, in No. 05-0763., Clay T. Grover, Feldman & Rogers, L.L.P., Houston, for Amicus Curiae Texas Association of School Boards Legal Assistance Fund in 05-0734.