B.C. v. Steak N Shake Operations, Inc.

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• recognizing that “assault claims against individual assail- ants do not fall within the scope of the TCHRA” and that the “TCHRA . . . provide[s] a claim for individuals against their employers” (emphasis in origi- nal)
• explaining that “Texas courts look to analogous federal law in applying the state Act”
• “TCHRA is a statutory scheme created to provide a claim for individuals against their employers” (emphasis in original)
• “[T]he Legislature did not intend for individual assailants to receive [the benefits the TCHRA provides to employers] simply because those assaults occurred in the workplace and not elsewhere.”
• “[C]ivil remedies against individual assailants have long existed under Texas common law[,]” and “no evidence suggests that the Legislature intended to abrogate common law assault when it enacted the TCHRA[.]”
• “The gravamen of a claim is its true nature, as opposed to what is simply alleged or artfully pled, allowing courts to determine the rights and liabilities of the involved parties.”

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Other cases named B.C. v. Steak N Shake Operations, Inc.

7 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• B.C. v. Steak N Shake Operations, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-08-30· cited 9×
• B.C. v. Steak N Shake Operations, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-04-13· cited 4×
• B.C. v. Steak N Shake Operations, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2014-10-24
• B.C. v. Steak N Shake Operations, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2014-08-13
• B.C. v. Steak N Shake Operations, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2020-03-27
• B.C. v. Steak N Shake Operations, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2020-11-02
• B.C. v. Steak N Shake Operations, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2020-11-02