Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Texas

I would like to know if I hava a legal case against a school district. I work for a district as a full time substitute teacher. one of the students, who I didn't even know, assaulted me on a public street after school. I had him arrested and prosecuted . After this the principal told the teachers to not give me any job assignments and where I had been there frequently I have not recieved any calls from there in over a year. I have stopped in and reminded the secretary I was available. She would always be very courteous and friendly and promised to call. Then I discovered from teachers I know personally that they were ordered by the prinicipal to not call on me, but she never banned me officially by telling the main office, apparently, since I had no idea that she had done this. If she had, I would have been informed by the main office. Their attitude never gave me any hint this was done. It was a secret blacklisting. Is it legal to cause someone to lose work opportunities and income, and be the victim of defamation because they exercised their legal right to self defense (though I didnt have to use physical force) and to prosecute the attacker, after they acted on public property? Who should and could I sue, the principal or the school district for which she works?


Asked on 10/21/10, 4:17 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Dan Kirby Law Office of Dan Kirby

An employer cannot discriminate based on sex, race, gender or religion. They cannot retaliate because you file a worker's comp claim or alert the authorities to some law they are breaking. I do not know why they would discriminate against you because you had a student arrested who attacked you. That part doesn't make sense unless it was the principal's son. But it doesn't sound like the kind of discrimination you could sue for.

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Answered on 10/26/10, 1:03 pm


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