Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and DiseaseEaglemed, LLC, v. Cox (10th Cir., August 22, 2017) (affirming preclusion and injunction against enforcement of Wyoming statutory maximum reimbursement on air-ambulance claims, and reversing the overbroad lower court injunction)
ERISA and Employee Pension Plans GCIU-Employer Retirement Fund v. Coleridge Fine Arts (10th Cir., August 16, 2017) (reversing dismissal, based on lack of personal jurisdiction, of GCIU’s attempt to collect withdrawal liability from defendants)Miscellaneous Aura Spa & Boutique v. Department of Workforce Services (Utah Ct. App., August 17, 2017) (declining to disturb Workforce Appeals Board […]
Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful TerminationAiono v. Department of Corrections (Utah Ct. App., August 10, 2017) (setting aside the decision to terminate Aiono for violating policy governing contact with incarcerated relatives: the policy’s plain language did not prohibit Aiono’s contact nor specify a time frame for disclosure form submittal. An employee cannot be fired for conduct that is […]
Discrimination/Retaliation*Lucas v. Colorado State Public Defender (10th Cir., August 4, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of the public defender on Lucas’s race, sexual discrimination, retaliation, equal protection, and interference with a post-employment opportunity)Miscellaneous*Star Insurance Company v. Federal Insurance Company (10th Cir., August 2, 2017) (affirming summary judgment ruling that worker was a loaned servant […]
Discrimination/Retaliation*Coyle v. Jackson (10th Cir., July 27, 2017) (affirming dismissal for failure to comply with FRCP Rule 8: plaintiff failed to allege specific in support of his discrimination claims) Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease Quast v. Utah Labor Commission (Utah, July 25, 2017) (reversing award of total disability because the Court of Appeals misstated the […]
Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and DiseaseCox v. Labor Commission (Utah Ct. App., July 20, 2017) (setting aside denial of Cox’s workers’ compensation claim because the Commission didn’t apply the correct medical causation standard)
Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination *Puckett v. US Dept. of Agriculture (10th Cir., July 10, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in defendant’s favor: Puckett failed to demonstrate that her termination was arbitrary and capricious or that the reason for it was lacking in substantial evidence) *Ellison v. Roosevelt County Board of County Commissioners (10th Cir., July 12, 2017) […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Jackson v. Besecker (10th Cir., July 5, 2017) (dismissing appeal for lack of jurisdiction: sheriff fired deputy after deputy ran against him in election; deputy sued for retaliation; the sheriff claimed qualified immunity, and the court dismissed)Punt v. Kelly Services (10th Cir., July 6, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Kelly Services, although an […]
Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination *Winger v. Meade District Hospital (10th Cir., June 27, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of the hospital on Winger’s due process claim) Bahnmaier v. Northern Utah Healthcare Corporation (Utah Ct. App., June 29, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Northern Utah: the hospital’s substance abuse policy is not an implied […]
Unemployment Appeals *Board of Education v. Henderson (10th Cir., June 19, 2017) (unhappy with the Navajo Nation’s determination that it had jurisdiction, the school district sought relief in federal court, which dismissed for lack of standing) Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease *Bell v. Social Security Administration (10th Cir., June 20, 2017) (affirming denial of social security […]
