Company founded by high school, NFL star assessed $800,000 in punitive damages MIDLAND, Texas – A federal jury in Midland has returned a $1 million sexual harassment and pregnancy discrimination verdict against Odessa-based oilfield services company Brinkerhoff Inspection Inc. doing business as SMOB. The $1.008 million verdict returned on Wednesday…

MIDLAND, Texas – A federal court jury in Midland, Texas, has awarded a $600,000 verdict against United Parcel Service (UPS) in a sexual discrimination lawsuit filed by a former driver for the package-delivery giant. The verdict represents the culmination of a four-year legal battle between Odessa resident Amber Ibarra and…

LUBBOCK, Texas – A distinguished professor at Texas Tech University’s Rawls College of Business has filed a federal lawsuit based on claims that school officials violated his First Amendment right to freedom of speech by blocking him from two high-profile promotions in retaliation for his views in opposition to tenure.