Legal Opinion
Diana Ruiz Esparza v. University of Texas at El Paso
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided August 7, 2015No. 08-13-00259-CVPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEVEN L. HUGHES, Justice
Diana Ruiz Esparza has been employed by The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) as a staff interior designer since 1999. In 2012, Esparza sued UTEP under the Texas Commission of Human Rights Act (TCHRA) claiming that UTEP (i) discriminated against her based on her age, national origin, and gender, (ii) subjected her to a hostile work environment, and (iii) retaliated against her for filing a charge of discrimination with the EEOC. The trial court granted UTEP’s plea to the jurisdiction and dismissed all of Esparza’s claims with prejudice. We affirm in part…
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