5th Circuit Upholds Bias Ruling For Employer, Denies Sanctions Motion

Mealey's (July 8, 2021, 8:51 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on June 9 in a per curiam opinion upheld a trial court’s ruling for a Texas city accused of race and age bias by an employee fired after she was found to have a sanctions order against her for allegedly lying under oath in a probate case but denied the city’s motion for sanctions against the former employee’s attorney due to no showing of malice....