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Katherine Thomas Elected to TCYLA Board
Katherine Thomas has been elected to serve on the Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association’s Board of Directors.
In a recent case from the Fifth Circuit, the Court held that attorney’s fees are not recoverable for a prevailing plaintiff in a Title VII mixed-motive retaliation case. In Carter v. Luminant Power Serv. Co., the plaintiff employee brought a Title VII discrimination and retaliation claim alleging that he was disciplined for his complaints of racial discrimination. A jury found that Carter’s complaints motivated Luminant’s disciplinary decision but it also found that Luminant would have made the same decision despite Carter’s complaints (i.e., the mixed-motive defense). Because the plaintiff only prevailed on his retaliation claim and the employer established its mixed-motive defense, the . . .
Today, the Supreme Court of Texas denied review in Hilz v. Riedel, a Fort Worth Court of Appeals decision reversing a summary judgment granted pursuant to Chapter 87 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code. As such, the Fort Worth Court of Appeals' opinion will stand and the case will proceed to trial on remand to the trial court. A detailed discussion of the Fort Worth Court of Appeals' opinion is contained in this prior post.
Katherine Thomas has been elected to serve on the Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association’s Board of Directors.