Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center must face an employment discrimination suit brought by a first-year resident who alleges she was fired because of her obesity, after a state court of appeals affirmed a lower court’s ruling.
The Texas Court of Appeals, Eighth District agreed with the trial court’s decision to deny Texas Tech’s motion to dismiss the matter before trial. It rejected the school’s argument that morbid obesity is not considered a disability under the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act.
Dr. Lindsey Niehay was a first-year resident in the university’s Department of Emergency Medicine who was ranked fourth ...
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