Legal Opinion

Twigland Fashions, Ltd. v. Miller

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided October 22, 2010No. 03-07-00728-CVPublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BOB PEMBERTON, Justice.

Twigland Fashions, Ltd. (“Twigland”) appeals a judgment awarding one of its former store managers, Nemia Miller, $12,000 in actual damages on a hostile-work-environment theory of gender-based job discrimination through a supervisor’s sexual harassment. See Tex. Lab.Code Ann. §§ 21.051, .2585 (West 2006); Burlington Indus., Inc. v. Ellerth, 524 U.S. 742, 752-54, 118 S.Ct. 2257, 141 L.Ed.2d 638 (1998); Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc. v. Zeltwanger, 144 S.W.3d 438, 445 n, 5 (Tex.2004). In light of that award, the judgment also awarded Miller, as the prevailing party, over…

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2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. City of Keller v. WilsonTexas Supreme Court · 2005
  2. Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Faragher v. City of Boca RatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  4. Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. VinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Burlington Industries, Inc. v. EllerthSupreme Court of the United States · 1998

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3Cited by18 opinions

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