Mark Silguero and Amy Wolfe v. Csl Plasma, Incorporated
Texas Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
In this opinion we consider two questions certified to this Court by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals: (1) Is a plasma collection center a "public facility" under Texas Human Resources Code (THRC) section 121.002(5), and if so, (2) what standard applies for determining whether a public facility's rejection of a person with a disability constitutes impermissible discrimination under the THRC? We hold that a plasma collection center is a "public facility" under section 121.002(5). We further hold that a plasma collection center may reject a person with a disability-eliminating their…
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