$98 million Texas verdict goes poof!
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals (the appeals court covering Texas) recently approved the setting aside of a huge verdict for 14 employees in a race discrimination case. For a variety of lessons, read on.
Texas jury gets angry!
When I was a practicing lawyer, I learned a lot from jury consultants. Here’s one of their lessons: The most powerful short-term emotion isn’t love or sorrow or pity—it’s anger.
And a jury in North Texas got angry at IT company Glow Networks in a race discrimination case involving a hostile work environment claim. Fourteen Black employees variously claimed the following:
· Managers (many from overseas) were “manipulative,” “condescending,” and “bullying.”
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