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PMID: 11366535 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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U.S. District Judge Joe Kendall ruled that the plaintiff's discrimination lawsuit was filed frivolously, and that he had to pay his former employer more than $29,000 for attorney's fees incurred in its defense against the lawsuit. The plaintiff was unable to show that Charter Furniture Rental Inc. was aware of his sexual orientation or his partner's AIDS-related illness. The plaintiff made every effort to conceal his homosexuality. He claimed his live-in partner was just a roommate. The plaintiff missed time at work after his partner's health began to decline in 1995. His firing came soon after his partner's death. He filed a complaint with the Texas Commission on Human Rights, which found no reasonable basis to believe the law had been violated. The employer insisted it had done nothing wrong and did not know about the plaintiff's sexual orientation or his partner's AIDS. Attorney's fees were sought based on the accusation that the plaintiff's attorney failed to perform an adequate pre-filing investigation. The judge ruled that the only basis for the plaintiff's firing had been poor work performance. |
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Type: Legal Cases; Newspaper Article |
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Title: AIDS policy & law Volume: 14 ISSN: 0887-1493 ISO Abbreviation: AIDS Policy Law Publication Date: 1999 Apr |
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Created Date: 2000-05-02 Completed Date: 2000-05-02 Revised Date: 2011-04-08 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8703425 Medline TA: AIDS Policy Law Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 3 Citation Subset: X |
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Employment*
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legislation & jurisprudence,
standards HIV Infections* Humans Male Texas United States |
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