Obesity Can't Sustain Firing Suit, Hospital Tells Texas Justices

By Clark Mindock (May 24, 2022, 5:11 PM EDT) -- A Texas Tech hospital told the state's high court Monday that lower courts misinterpreted employee discrimination laws when finding a morbidly obese former medical resident has grounds to sue over her firing, arguing the employee needed to prove the school acted on perceived disability, not her weight alone....

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