April 24, 2023
A jury considered sufficient evidence before finding that Southwest Airlines Co. committed religious discrimination when it fired a flight attendant who sent graphic anti-abortion messages to a colleague, a Texas federal judge ruled Monday, rejecting the company's request for a new trial in the Title VII case.
April 11, 2023
Southwest Airlines must show a Texas federal judge its drafts of a pair of notices informing workers of its loss in a Title VII religious discrimination suit, name the notices' authors and share messages exchanged during the notices' creation, as the judge assesses Southwest's compliance with his notification order.
January 24, 2023
A former Southwest Airlines flight attendant who claims she was fired for her anti-abortion views is fighting to preserve her win in court against the company, saying a Texas federal judge's decision to withhold certain information from the jury doesn't necessitate a new trial.
January 03, 2023
Southwest Airlines Co. asked a Texas federal judge for a new trial after the court ordered the reinstatement of a worker who claimed she was fired for her anti-abortion views, with the airline arguing that the court didn't properly instruct the jury and that a religious accommodation "would have imposed an undue hardship."
December 06, 2022
Southwest Airlines Co. must rehire a former flight attendant who successfully sued the airline, claiming she was fired for her anti-abortion views, a Texas federal judge ruled, but he cut the damages she is owed from about $5 million to $800,000.
August 10, 2022
Southwest Airlines told a Texas federal court that forcing it to rehire a flight attendant who won a suit alleging she was fired for her views on abortion would cause significant "workplace dysfunction" and asked the judge to cut the damages awarded to her by least $3 million.
July 14, 2022
A Texas federal jury awarded a former Southwest Airlines Co. flight attendant $5.1 million on July 14, after finding the airline and its flight attendant union discriminated and retaliated against her for her beliefs about abortion.
July 13, 2022
A former Southwest Airlines Co. flight attendant asked a Texas federal jury Wednesday to award her at least $5.3 million in damages from the airline and its flight attendant union for claims they discriminated and retaliated against her for her religious beliefs about abortion.
July 06, 2022
Southwest Airlines Co.'s flight attendant union told a Texas federal jury on Wednesday that a former flight attendant's retaliation lawsuit lodged against the union and the airline is not about freedom of religion, but rather a bid by one woman to say "whatever she wants, whenever she wants, however she wants to say it."
May 25, 2022
A Texas federal judge said Wednesday that he won't reconsider his decision to let a retaliation suit against Southwest Airlines Co. and its flight attendants' union go to trial, saying the airline's request that the judge rethink his ruling relied on a mischaracterization of his reasoning.