Advocating for Employees in San Antonio, TX and Beyond
Ok, I have been tempted once or twice to file suit when someone at the store gets my order wrong, or they make me wait too long. i might have even joked about doing so once or twice. But, I have never seriously considered suing over something trivial. I mean, let’s be real.
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The Scooter Store is in trouble. The Scooter Store settled a disability discrimination lawsuit just a few months ago. See my prior post about the Scooter Store settlement. In January, a CBS News report suggested the power wheelchair companies were "ripping off the government." In February, the FBI and other agencies executed search warrants at…
The Third Court of Appeals in Austin upheld the lower court decision regarding the former museum building. I wrote about that trial here. In the trial, it appeared from the newspaper account that one of the defendant’s key witnesses was impeached. The court of appeals apparently did not agree with my assessment. See San…
Be careful with those online dating sites. The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers says a recent survey shows that relationship status is a common source of adverse evidence in divorce cases. Do not identify yourself as single if you are not. Do not claim to have no children if you are a parent, warns the…
The Texas Civil Rights Project, a civil rights advocacy law firm, has filed a complaint about Judge Lynn Hughes. I previously wrote about Judge Hughes here and here. The TCRP filed a complaint with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals alleging Judge Hughes uttered racist statements when he discussed a case filed by an…
A deposition is when one side has the opportunity to cross-examine an opposing witness prior to trial. It is a key event in the discovery process. Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, is being sued for unpaid overtime by a former legal assistant. Jennifer O’Neill claims she is owed $393,000 for 7,168 hours…
A federal judge has a job for life. They are generally more professional and more careful than a state district judge. But, not always. Judge Lynn Hughes of the Southern District of Texas is not so careful. Sitting in Houston, he was just recently criticized by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals for not recognizing …
When I was a young lawyer, fresh out of law school, I worked as a law clerk for a state district judge in small town Louisiana. My judge had sat on the bench for close to 20 years. Prior to serving as a judge, he had worked as a prosecutor for 10 years or so.
In the lawsuit business, we have to deal with "difficult" people on occasion. Its just part of the business. Molly DiBianca has written about the "Rambo" litigators – those lawyers who seek victory at any cost. See her post here. Her comment that bullying lawyers tend to lose their cool when they perceive some…
I wrote about this case previously here. A woman filed an EEOC charge but was then elected to the school board of the employer against whom she had filed. Alma Rosa Guzman-Estrada worked for Southside Independent School District for 30 years when she was fired in 2010. Ms. Guzman-Estrada says she was fired two…