A case pending before the Texas Supreme Court could make the Lone Star State the latest to guarantee discrimination protections for workers who are obese under state and federal disability law, giving the justices the chance to weigh in on an increasingly relevant workplace issue.
The state’s top court will hear oral arguments February 21 in a case where first-year medical resident Lindsey Niehay is alleging she was illegally fired from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center because of her obesity, a category she said is covered as a disability under state law.
