E.E.O.C. v. SERVICE TEMPS INC.

No. 11-10262.

679 F.3d 323 (2012)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SERVICE TEMPS INCORPORATED, doing business as Smith Personnel Solutions, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine Jiyeun Back (argued), Gwendolyn Young Reams , U.S. EEOC, OGCAS, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Todd Howard Tinker (argued), Law Office of Todd H. Tinker, P.C., Addison, TX, Elizabeth Gabrielle Bloch , Brown McCarroll, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge.

A Texas jury found that a corporate staffing company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it refused to let a deaf woman apply for a warehouse job, awarding her back pay, compensatory, and punitive damages. Entering judgment on the verdict, the judge added injunctive relief. On appeal, the company raises five categories of issues, ranging from jurisdiction to jury instructions. We affirm.

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