FLOCA v. HOMCARE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

No. 87-1468.

845 F.2d 108 (1988)

Christina Pagano FLOCA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOMCARE HEALTH SERVICES, INC., Home Health and Family Care, Inc., and A. Jackson Health Care Systems, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon R. Ker, Hewitt, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

John A. Stephens, Waco, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, WILLIAMS, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Christina Pagano Floca, successfully proved employment discrimination in her Title VII suit. She appeals, however, because the district court declined to award front pay and back pay and awarded only nominal damages. Because we believe the district court wrongly applied the burden of proof on the issue of mitigation of damages and erroneously determined that a job as a registered nurse is substantially equivalent to a job as a...

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