Burgmann Seals America, Inc. v. Cadenhead

OPINION

SAM NUCHIA, Justice.

Burgmann Seals America, Inc. (BSA), appellant and defendant below, appeals a judgment awarding $100,500 in attorney’s fees and $13,275 in expert fees to appellee, Jim Cadenhead, in his employment discrimination lawsuit. 1 We reverse and render.

BACKGROUND

BSA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Burgmann Dichtungswerke GmbH & Co., a German corporation. On October 1, 1995, BSA hired Cadenhead as its national sales manager. In early 1999, when the president of BSA was terminated, Caden-head sought the vacant position. Tom Haan was named as the new president, and, on August…