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WAFFLE HOUSE, INC. v. WILLIAMS

No. 07-0205.

313 S.W.3d 796 (2010)

WAFFLE HOUSE, INC., Petitioner, v. Cathie WILLIAMS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 11, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Wendell Hall, Fullbright & Jaworski L.L.P., San Antonio, TX, Mark Thomas Emery, Fullbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Washington, DC, Ralph H. Duggins, Cantey & Hanger, L.L.P., Thomas S. Brandon Jr., Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Sawyer, LLP, Lynn Waller Kelly, Fort Worth, TX, for Petitioner.

Susan E. Hutchison, S. Rafe Foreman, Kern A. Lewis, Foreman, Lewis & Hutchison, P.C., Grapevine, TX, for Respondent.

Mark R. Flora, Constangy Brooks & Smith, LLC, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae National Council of Chain Restaurants.

Justice WILLETT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice HECHT, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice GREEN, Justice JOHNSON, and Justice GUZMAN joined.

After being sexually harassed by a coworker, Cathie Williams sued her employer, Waffle House, Inc. for (1) sexual harassment under the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (TCHRA),1 and (2) common-law negligent supervision and retention. The jury found for Williams...

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