Legal Opinion
Matthews v. City of Houston Fire Department
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided March 10, 2009No. Civil Action H-07-1783PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LEE H. ROSENTHAL, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Kathy Matthews, sued her former employer, the City of Houston, where she had worked for the Fire Department in the Finance and Administrative Division. She was fired in 2006. In this suit, filed in 2007, Matthews alleges that she was subjected to race, sex, age, and disability discrimination and a hostile work environment, and retaliation for filing complaints and for filing a workers’ compensation claim. Matthews also sued two supervisors, David Swan and Jack Williams. She asserted claims under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e…
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