EARLIE v. JACOBS

No. 84-2059. Summary Calendar.

745 F.2d 342 (1984)

Delois EARLIE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Barry JACOBS, John Tatum, and Hermann Hospital, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 1, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cooper & Cooper, Gordon R. Cooper, II, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Fulbright & Jaworski, A.L. Dent, III, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEE, JOHNSON, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff, DeLois Earlie, sued defendant hospital alleging racial discrimination in employment in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Plaintiff claimed actual damages of $165,000.00, punitive damages of $150,000.00, and injunctive relief including reinstatement and back pay. Plaintiff's request for a jury trial was denied, along with a subsequent motion to amend her complaint. After a trial to the court, the district court found for the defendants...

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