In 2019, I wrote about the Torres v Dept. of Public Safety case here. That case has now been decided in favor of Capt. Leroy Torres, a Texas Guardsmen. The DPS would not accommodate his illness, which he contracted during his tour in Iraq. Capt. Torres then filed suit under the Uniformed Services Employment
I previosuly wrote about the decision in Torres v. Dept. of Public Safety, 583 S.W.3d 221 (Tex.App. Corpus Christi) here. Later, after I wrote that post, the Texas Supreme Court denied Mr. Torres’ request for appeal. Now. Torres is appealing this decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. On appeal, the Office of the
The U.S. Congress passed the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act in 1994. Congress based the act on the “necessary and proper” clause of Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. That means, said the Corpus Christi court of appeals, that the act did not waive sovereign immunity of the states. See Texas