Court Opinion

ID: 9582907
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:32:43.05724+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:38:44.952229
License: Public Domain

YETKA, Justice
(concurring in part and dissenting in part).
I concur in part and dissent in part.
I concur in that portion of the majority opinion which reverses the award of attorney fees.
I dissent from that portion of the opinion which remands for specific findings under the McDonnell-Douglas analysis. At some point, litigation must come to an end. In this case, a remand will do the appellant no good because the result will be the same. The trial court did make specific findings even though it did not spell them out in the manner that this court might like to see. The Department of Human Rights found no discrimination nor did the trial court or the court of appeals. What purpose would be served by sending it back to require the trial court to redraft its findings all over again? We should affirm this case, but warn that all findings in future employment discrimination cases are to be clearly set forth according to the McDonnell-Douglas analysis.
I would affirm the court of appeals on the discrimination issue and reverse the award of attorney fees.