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 An Air Foce Reservist is one step closer to receiving his award of $926,506 in lost pay and benefits.  The 2d Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that Michael Serricchio suffered discrimination when his employer changed his sales plan after he returned from active duty.  Wachovia paid Mr. Serricchio commissions as a…

The former Chief Financial Officer for the Bexar County Medical Society has sued her former employer for sex discrimination and retaliation.  See San Antonio Express News report.  Former CFO Patricia Baldeschwiler served in the post about eight years.  According to her lawsuit, Ms. Baldeschwiler and other female employees began to experience sexual discrimination from…

What happens when the fired employee is elected to the board of trustees?  That situation is unfolding at the Southside Independent School District, a San Antonio area district.  Alma Rosa Guzman was fired by Southside ISD as maintenance manager in November, 2010.  See San Antonio Express News report.  Ms. Guzman was fired after working for…

Jamie Lee Jones, the KBR employee who claimed she was raped in Iraq and subjected to a hostile work environment has been ordered to pay $145,000 in court costs to KBR.  See Houston Chronicle report.  Ms. Jones acquired some fame when she testified before Congress about the need for reform regarding employment arbitration agreements.

The San Antonio regional office of the EEOC has filed two discrimination lawsuits here in the Alamo City.  One suit is against AA Foundries, Inc. alleging racial discrimination.  The lawsuit claims that a AA Foundries supervisor routinely used the "n" word and that a hangman’s noose was displayed.  The breakroom also displayed racially offensive materials.

The EEOC has filed suit against Bass Pro Shops.  The suit claims that Bass Pro discriminates against Hispanic and black applicants.  The suit appears to be built on testimony from various managers and assistant managers.  See San Antonio Express News report.  The lawsuit started with a complaint by a fomer Houston manager who says…

Federal trials have become as rare as hen’s teeth.  In the appeal of a jury verdict in Phillips v. Leggett & Platt, Inc., we see part of the reason why.  A Mississippi jury found that the defendant had discriminated against Jean Phillips on the basis of her age.  Ms. Philips was 66 years old when Leggett…

Potential clients almost always want to know, "Do I have a case?"  Unfortunately, the best I can say is "maybe"  or "it depends."  Until I can hear how the employer defends its actions, I can only "shoot in the dark."  The other side of the story is critical to an employment case.  A recent post…

So, at least in the Fifth Circuit, sidewalks are now a "service" of the city such that the city must make sidewalks accessible to persons with disabiliuties.  The Fifth Circuit so ruled in the case of Frame v. City of Arlington.  The district court had dismssed the plaintffs’ suit because, said the court, the…