Educated EmployerEducated Employer

  • Home
  • About
  • Our Team

The Educated Employer

Employment Tips and Legal Updates for School Districts, Higher Ed, and Beyond

Category: Retaliation

Got Malice? Think Again—Fifth Circuit Slashes Damages Award in Race Bias Verdict

Celena Vinson, Stephanie Hamm,

February 5, 2024

in: Court Decisions, Discrimination, District Policies, Litigation, Retaliation

In an opinion of great legal significance to all employers, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently overturned a jury verdict that awarded $366 million dollars to a Houston-based FedEx employee who sued FedEx for race discrimination and retaliation.

Share This

bluesky
Continue Reading
Search
Filter by Categories
  • Administrative Guidance
  • Blog Updates
  • Court Decisions
  • Discrimination
  • District Policies
  • Litigation
  • New Rules
  • Religious Accommodations
  • Retaliation
  • TEA Commissioner Decisions
  • Training
  • Uncategorized
Thompson & Horton Blogs

The Oldest Blog

A first amendment blog for school administrators and attorneys.

Civil Rights Classroom

Civil Rights Expertise and Insight

Special Education Spotlight

Special Education Expertise and Insight

Thought Leadership

Insights from the legal minds at Thompson & Horton

Tags
5th Circuit Accomidations ADA ADEA Administrative Leave Age Discrimination in Employment Act Americans with Disabilities Act Civil Rights damages Disability Disability-Related Harassment Discrimination EEOC Employment Employment Discrimination Fifth Circuit First Amendment FLSA FMLA Governmental Immunity Hamilton v. Dallas County harassment Hearing Disabilities Higher Education Jurisdiction K-12 Litigation Nonrenewal overtime Pregnancy Pregnant Workers Pronouns Protected Activity PUMP Act PWFA Rehabilitation Act Religious Accommodations Retaliation SCOTUS Spending Clause Supreme Court TEA Title VII Workplace Actions workplace harassment
Subscribe via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Phoenix Tower, Suite 2000
3200 Southwest Freeway
Houston, TX 77027

Phone: 713-554-6767

Fax: 713-583-8884

Copyright © 2026 by Thompson & Horton LLP. All rights reserved.

Manage Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
  • Manage options
  • Manage services
  • Manage {vendor_count} vendors
  • Read more about these purposes
View preferences
  • {title}
  • {title}
  • {title}