Med. Arts Hosp. v. Robison

In Med. Arts Hosp. v. Robison, 216 S.W.3d 38, 43-44 (Tex. App.--Eastland 2006, no pet.), a nurse at a local state prison unit failed to give any written notice of her intent to pursue a Whistleblower Act claim and failed to point to any evidence that she, at any time prior to filing suit, otherwise notified her employer that she believed her termination was in retaliation for reporting illegal activities at the unit to the Texas Labor Board. Id. at 39, 43. That is, "she unquestionably informed the hospital that she disagreed with their decision to eliminate her position, and she provided an alternative method for satisfying the budget cut to which her employer had attributed her termination. However, Robison's communications would not have provided any reasonable employer with notice that a potential whistleblower claim existed." Id. at 43.