Court Opinion

ID: 9762723
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 02:29:55.927892+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:55:07.186712
License: Public Domain

YANEZ, Justice,
concurring.
Although I Agree with the majority that we do not have the authority to create a new cause of action, I write separately to add that I not only sympathize with appellant’s plight in this case, I find that the facts in this case are more compelling that those in Winters v. Houston Chronicle Pub Co., 795 S.W.2d 723 (Tex.1990), and therefore fall squarely within the type of facts which would support a private whistle blower claim as expressed by Justice Doggett in his concurring opinion.
In this case, public policy certainly dictates that failure to protect the employee from retaliation for reporting the use of narcotics in the emergency room of a hospital clearly places the public at extreme risk of harm.