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MONA WORD v. KNOX COUNTY ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Feb 9, 2026

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: George Underwood, Knoxville, Tennessee, and Travis Hawkins, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellant, Mona Word.

Attorneys 2: David S. Wigler and Rachel K. Harrison, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellees, Knox County, Tennessee, and Foster D. Arnette, Jr.

Judge(s): USMAN

Plaintiff brought claims against Knox County and the County Clerk based on allegedly discriminatory employment practices. The trial court determined that Plaintiff committed serious discovery violations and imposed as a sanction the exclusion of certain evidence. With this evidence excluded, the trial court granted summary judgment to the Defendants. Plaintiff appeals, challenging the discovery sanction, the trial court’s conclusion under the Tennessee Human Rights Act that the continuing violation doctrine did not apply, the trial court’s conclusion that the Clerk was not individually liable, and the award of attorney’s fees against the Plaintiff and her attorney. We affirm.

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