Texas Court Affirms Judgment for Southwest Airlines

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - A Texas appellate court affirmed on July 19 that two Southwest Airlines employees who first complained of workplace exposure to mold and other contaminants in 1995 waited too long to sue for personal injury damages. Palombo, et al. v. Southwest Airlines Co., No. 04-05-00825-CV (Texas Ct. App., 4th Cir.).

Leah Palombo and Jennifer Wilson, who quit the airline in 2004, sued Southwest in the 225th District Court in Bexar County in October 2001, more than six years after asking the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to investigate the Southwest reservations center. They alleged negligence, …