A former music instructor at a state university can sue the school on his claim that it failed to live up to its part of a settlement agreement over his termination, a split Texas Supreme Court has ruled. In a plurality decision, the high court said that the state did not have immunity from the breach-of-contract suit filed by Grant M. Lawson. The court decided Texas A&M University-Kingsville, et al. v. Lawson on June 20.
Lawson’s attorney, solo Bradley Houston of Austin, calls the ruling a big victory, especially for government workers. He says the state takes the position that if litigants want to sue over alleged breaches in a settlement agreement, they have to go to the Legislature for permission. His client tried that and got nowhere, he says.
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