Legal Opinion
Tiffany Cortes v. Maxus Exploration Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 18, 1992No. 91-2536PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LITTLE, District Judge:
Tiffany Cortes brought suit against her former employer, Maxus Exploration Company (formerly known as Diamond Shamrock Exploration Company), asserting a claim of sexual harassment under Title VII and a claim for duress under Texas law. The district court, sitting with an advisory jury, found that Cortes had been sexually harassed and constructively discharged and awarded her back pay damages of $97,-857.70 plus interest and attorney’s fees. The jury, which was advisory as to the Title VII claim only, found that Maxus also had committed the tort of duress with malice and…
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