Legal Opinion
Passons v. University of Texas at Austin
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided May 14, 1998No. 03-97-00127-CVPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIDD, Justice.
Donna Passons sued the University of Texas, alleging she was discriminated against regarding her employment at the University of Texas School of Law because of her sex in violation of Chapter 21 of the Texas Labor Code. See Tex. Lab.Code Ann. §§ 21.001-.262 (West 1996 & Supp.1998). A jury returned a verdict against Passons and the trial court rendered a judgment that Passons take nothing by her claim. Passons appeals. We will reverse and remand for a new trial.
THE CONTROVERSY
Donna Passons was employed as assistant dean in charge of the Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) Program…
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