Archive - February 18, 2020

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Houston v. Southwest Airlines (N.D. Tex. 2020)
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Houston v. Southwest Airlines (Northern District of Texas, 2020)

Houston v. Southwest Airlines (N.D. Tex. 2020)

Key Insight: The litigation was over employment discrimination based on disability. Plaintiff brought the suit pro se. After Plaintiff failed to time respond to Defendant’s discovery requests, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Summary Judgment that was primarily based on Defendant’s failure to produce evidence of her claims a Motion for CR 11 sanctions was also filed.

Defendant based its Motions on Plaintiff’s failure to produce evidence of her purported disability, that she provided notification to her employer of the disability and/or that her employer failed to provide reasonable accommodation for her purported disability. The Magistrate Judge recommended that the Court grant Defendant’s Motion and dismiss all of Plaintiff’s claims and causes of action with prejudice. However, the Judge did not recommend imposing CR 11 sanctions against Plaintiff.

Nature of Case: Employment Discrimination, Disability Discrimination

Electronic Data Involved: Surveillance Videos

Case Summary

Houston v. Southwest Airlines (Northern District of Texas, 2020)

Key Insight: Failure to respond to Interrogatories and Requests for Admissions

Nature of Case: American’s with Disabilities Act

Electronic Data Involved: Hard copy; Discussion logs

Keywords: Sanctions; Attorney’s fees; Bad Faith; Inherent power; Intent

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