Legal Opinion
Romo v. Texas Department of Transportation
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided March 21, 2001No. 04-99-00820-CVPublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAUL W. GREEN, Justice.
In this employment discrimination case, David Romo appeals from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Romo’s former employer, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDot). Romo, a Hispanic man, was fired after a TxDot investigation concluded Romo sexually harassed his female supervisor. Romo claims the sexual harassment charge is a pretext for discrimination because he is Hispanic.
Background
Romo was employed by TxDot in 1993. Romo says he learned in April 1996 that he was the lowest paid college-degreed employee in the Environmental Affairs…
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