Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Giammanco
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 30, 2019No. 01-18-00771-CVPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSarah Beth Landau, Justice
Heather Hughes is the subject of a petition for pre-suit discovery filed by Peter Giammanco-Hughes's former boss who seeks her deposition to investigate, before filing suit, whether she is the source of rumors that he committed sexual misconduct in the workplace. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 202.1. Hughes moved to dismiss the petition under the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA or the "Act"), arguing that *675Giammanco seeks her deposition as retribution for an employment-discrimination charge she filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and to discourage others from speaking out…
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