Party Admission – Bow Tie Law

Text Messages as Party Admissions to Prove a Prima Facie Case

September 7, 2010 Josh Gilliland e-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information, Hearsay, Party Admission, Text Messages

The Plaintiff in a sexual harassment case was able to demonstrate a prima facie case to overturn a summary judgment on the narrow issue whether she was retaliated against for filing her lawsuit. Magiera v. City of Dallas, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 16802 (5th Cir. Tex. Aug. 11, 2010). The[…]