Cases — June 11th through 17th

Discrimination/Retaliation *Herrera v. Las Cruces Public Schools (10th Cir., June 13, 2017) (affirming dismissal of Herrera’s disability discrimination and retaliatory discharge claims as untimely: “date of service” is the date of mailing, not receipt) *Jones v. Price (10th Cir., June 13, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Price, the Secretary of Health & Human […]

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Cases — June 4th through 10th

Discrimination/Retaliation *Yinger v. Postal Presort, Inc. (10th Cir., June 9, 2017) (reversing and remanding summary judgment against Yinger on his disability discrimination and retaliatory discharge claims) *Pittman v. American Airlines, Inc. (10th Cir., June 8, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of American Airlines on Pittman’s race and disability discrimination and retaliation because she failed […]

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Cases — May 28th through June 3rd

Discrimination/RetaliationHiatt v. Colorado Seminary (10th Circuit, June 2, 2017) (affirming summary judgment against Hiatt on her sexual discrimination and retaliation claims:  Hiatt failed to show defendant’s actions were pretext for either discrimination or retaliation)Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and DiseaseBNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell (U.S. Supreme Court, May 30, 2017) (reversing and remanding Montana Supreme Court holding that […]

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Cases — May 21 through 27

Discrimination/Retaliation *Espinoza-Horiuchi v. Walmart Stores, Inc. (10th Cir., May 22, 2017) (dismissing appeal of summary judgment for lack of jurisdiction, and affirming the district court’s bill of costs)*Iselin v. Bama Companies (10th Cir., May 26, 2017) (reversing dismissal of claims for discriminatory termination, failure to hire, and failure to accommodate, but affirming dismissal of misuse-of-employment-testing claim: […]

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Cases — May 7th through 13th

Discrimination/Retaliation Jones v. Needham (10th Cir., May 12, 2017) (reversing dismissal of sexual harassment claims, but affirming dismissal of common-law and Oklahoma Anti-Discrimination Act claims) ERISA *Blair v. Alcatel-Lucent Long Term Disability Plan (10th Cir., May 9, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Alcatel-Lucent because there had been no abuse of discretion in the […]

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Cases — April 30th through May 6th

Discrimination/Retaliation*Russell v. Phillips 66 Company (10th Cir., May 4, 2017) (affirming dismissal of discrimination claim under the ADA because Russell failed even to establish his prima facie case)MiscellaneousEdwards v. Carey (Utah Ct. App., May 4, 2017) (affirming denial of motion to arbitrate: Edwards’ claims did not implicate the parties’ employment agreements)Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease*Allen v. […]

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Cases — April 23rd through 29th

Discrimination/Retaliation *Craine v. National Science Foundation (10th Cir., April 26, 2017) (denying Craine’s petition for review:  his disclosures, as a former employee of Kansas State University, did not fall within the whistleblower protections of 41 U.S.C. ss. 4712) *Jackson v. The Education and Employment Ministry (10th Cir., April 27, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor […]

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Cases — April 16th through 22nd

Discrimination/Retaliation*Agassounon v. Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc. (10th Cir., April 18, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Defendant on Agassounon’s race, color, national origin, and retaliation claims, because he failed to demonstrate pretext in Jeppesen Sanderson’s laying him off)*Arbogast v. State of Kansas, Dept. of Labor (10th Cir., April 21, 2017) (affirming dismissal of Arbogast’s complaint […]

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Cases — April 9th through 15th

Discrimination/Retaliation*Cash v. Lockheed Martin Corporation (10th Cir., April 13, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Lockheed because Cashfailed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether he was fired because of discrimination or retaliation)EEOC v. BNSF Railway Company (10th Cir., April 11, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of BNSF because […]

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