Stafford Davis and Catherine Bartles reverse trial judge at the Twelfth Court of Appeals for a second time and obtain take-nothing judgment in favor of their client in employment dispute.

The firm represented a growing, East Texas oilfield services company that was wrongfully accused of workers’ compensation retaliation, breach of an employment contract, and promissory estoppel. Stafford and Catherine tried this case to a jury in August 2018 after knocking out the plaintiff’s claim for attorneys’ fees on summary judgment. The jury found that our client had not breached an employment contract or retaliated against the plaintiff for filing a worker’s compensation claim. The jury did find for plaintiff on the basis of promissory estoppel after the trial court refused to include a jury instruction on the limitation of damages sought under this cause of action. That judgment was appealed by us and reversed by the Twelfth Court of Appeals. This was the second time in the case that Stafford and Catherine sought and obtained a reversal of the trial court’s decision on appeal. Ultimately, this resulted in a take-nothing judgment on behalf of our client and our client was awarded its costs for having to defend the lawsuit.