Campbell v. Marbry, 457 S.W.3d 173 (Tex.App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 2015)
Jan 22, 2015OUTCOME: Reversed and Remanded
In this case concerning claims of unpaid wages, the trial court granted summary judgment in the employer's favor on the ground that the employee's wage claim before the Texas Workforce Commission (" th ... e TWC" ) is entitled to res judicata effect, precluding a subsequent wage claim in a civil court. In its summary-judgment motion, the employer addressed a prior version of the law, under which the TWC had subject-matter jurisdiction over all of the employee's wage claims. Because the TWC now lacks subject-matter jurisdiction over claims for wages due more than 180 days before the complaint is filed, the employer failed to establish the extent to which the agency's decision is a final judgment on the merits. We reverse and remand without addressing the remaining elements of the employer's res judicata defense.
