First COA Reverses $1.5M Verdict Against Baylor Medical J/V

The First Court of Appeals in Houston has reversed a $1.5 million judgment against a Baylor College of Medicine joint venture in a lawsuit filed by a former sales executive who claimed he was cheated out of sales commissions he was owed.

The appellate ruling issued Thursday stemmed from a 2017 suit filed by Brandon Perthius, the onetime vice president of sales and marketing for Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories (known informally as Baylor Genetics), a genetic testing service that’s a joint venture of the College of Medicine and a Japanese company.