not expressly grant the right to trial by jury. However, unlike the GTLA, the THRA does not expressly prohibit a jury trial on THRA claims against governmental entities. Rather, as already noted, the THRA defines “employer” broadly to include governmental entities. Additionally, the THRA makes no distinction between governmental and non-governmental employers when it expressly grants persons injured by a violation of the THRA the right to bring a “civil cause of action in chancery court or circuit court.” Tenn.Code Ann. § 4-21-311(a). These provisions evidence the Legislature’s intent to place governmental employers “in the same standing as private employers.” Eason, 866 S.W.2d at 955. The Legislature has clearly decl 02545-COA-R3-CV, 2010 WL 520995, at *7 (Tenn.Ct.App. Feb. 12, 2010) (<HOLDING>); see also Moore v. Mitchell, 205 Tenn. 591,
holding that section 211103 grants plaintiffs in an ouster suit the right to trial by jury holding that article i section 7 required a 12person jury trial despite the united states supreme courts decision that the sixth amendment jury trial right did not holding that section 211103 grants a party to an action under the open meetings act the right to trial by jury recognizing that parties had right to trial by jury in trespass action but holding that parties waived that right under cr 3804 by not filing a demand for a jury trial recognizing the right to waive a jury trial