Case: Discrimination/Retaliation (Tex. App.)

A Texas appellate court affirmed most of a jury verdict finding R Construction Company liable for retaliating against a Black roustabout and crew leader under the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act after he opposed racially discriminatory KKK remarks by a customer, but reversed the $50,000 future compensatory damages award for lack of evidence of future harm, while upholding $415,000 in back pay, $100,000 in past compensatory damages, and $50,000 in punitive damages based on evidence of temporal proximity, disparate treatment, and pretextual reasons for termination.

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