Texas Department of Transportation v. Albert Lara, Jr.

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN ON REMAND NO. 03-18-00153-CV Texas Department of Transportation, Appellant v. Albert Lara, Jr., Appellee FROM THE 345TH DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY NO. D-1-GN-16-005836, THE HONORABLE JAN SOIFER, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION This is an employment-discrimination dispute brought under the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act, Tex. Lab. Code §§ 21.001–.556. The matter appears before the Court on remand from the Supreme Court of Texas, which has instructed us to “adjudicate in the first instance” the Texas Department of Transportation’s…