Iraq Veteran’s Case Against Texas is Testing Job Protections for Homecoming Troops (USERRA)
Allie Morris
Houston Chronicle
Sep. 17, 2019
“AUSTIN — Le Roy Torres returned from war in Iraq with a lung disease that he says cost him his 14-year career as a Texas state trooper.
He is now suing the Department of Public Safety — alleging he was forced out after suffering a service-related illness — in a case that is testing the limits of a federal law meant to protect veterans from losing their jobs and benefits when they deploy.”