Cases — February 7th through 13th

Discrimination/Retaliation*Farris v. Garden City, Kansas (10th Cir., February 9, 2016) (affirming dismissal because Farris failed to sufficiently allege he was a qualified individual with adisability or that he suffered intentional discrimination)Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease*Johnson v. Colvin (10th Cir., February 10, 2016) (affirming the judgement of the district court upholding the Commissioner’s denial of benefits […]

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Cases — January 24th through 30th

Discrimination/Retaliation*Montoya v. Hunter Douglas Window Fashions, Inc. (10th Cir., January 25, 2016) (affirming summary judgement in favor of defendant because Montoya failed to show pretext for either her discrimination claim or herretaliation claim)*Mancell v. McHugh, Secretary of the Army (10th Cir., January 25, 2016) (affirming summary judgement in favor of defendant on Mancell’s discrimination and retaliation […]

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Cases — January 17th through 23rd

DiscriminationL’Ggrke v. Asset Plus Corporation (10th Cir., January 20, 2016) (affirming dismissal of L’Ggrke’s employment discrimination complaint for failure to prosecute)ERISAMontanile v. Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan (U.S., January 20, 2016) (reversing an 11th-Circuit decision holding that when an ERISA-plan participant wholly dissipates a third-party settlement on nontraceable items, the plan […]

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Cases — January 3rd through 9th

Discrimination / Retaliation*Lewis v. Twenty-First Century Bean Processing (10th Cir., January 5, 2016) (affirming summary judgment in favor of defendant on plaintiff’s age- and race-discrimination claims)WagesNesbitt v. FCNH, Inc. (10th Cir., January 5, 2016) (affirming the district court’s order denying defendant FCNH’s motion to stay the proceedings and to compel arbitration)Workers’ Compensation*Lynn v. Colvin (10th Cir., January […]

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Cases — December 20th through 26th

Workers Compensation *Dutton v. Colvin (10th Cir., December 21, 2015) (reversing denial of Supplemental Security Income benefits because ALJ failed to properly consider treating physician’s opinion) Simmons v. Colvin (10th Cir., December 23, 2015) (affirming denial of disability benefits based on his “impertinent,” “groundless,” and “frivolous”arguments) Discrimination/Retaliation *Amos v. City of Claremore (10th Cir., December […]

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Cases — December 13th through 19th

Discrimination/Retaliation *Herndon v. Best Buy Co., Inc. (10th Cir., December 15, 2015) (affirming dismissal of plaintiff’s claim of retaliatory discharge for hiring a former felon) Unemployment Appeals Martin v. Department of Workforce Services (Utah Ct. App., December 17, 2015) (untimely filed appeal dismissed for lack of jurisdiction)  Yudin v. Department of Workforce Services (UtahCt. App., […]

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Cases — December 6th through 12th

WAGES *Evans v. Loveland Automotive Investments, Inc. (10th Cir., December 10, 2015) (adopting the rule that an award of both a state statutory penalty and FLSA liquidated damages does not constitute a double recovery) DISCRIMINATION/RETALIATION *Winters v, Board of County Commissioners of Muskogee County, Oklahoma (10th Cir., December 10, 2015) (reversing summary judgment in the […]

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