Cases — April 26th through May 2nd

Workers Compensation Jones v. Colvin (10th Cir., May 1, 2015) (affirming denial of social security, disability benefits, and disabled widows benefits based on weight given to the treating physician’s testimony) Public Employees Hollenbach v. Salt Lake City Civil Service Commission (Utah Ct. App., April 30, 2015) (declining to disturb commission’s approval of 60-hour suspension against […]

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May Employers Be Forced to Allow Employees to Store Weapons on Employer Property?

In Ramsey Winch Inc. v. Henry, the Tenth Circuit (the federal court having jurisdiction over Utah) ruled last week that a district court had erred when it held that a newly enacted Oklahoma statute making it a criminal offense for employers to prohibit employees from storing firearms in their vehicles on company parking lots was […]

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Does a Utah Governmental Employee Have a Right to Stay in Current Job Position?

The federal appellate court having jurisdiction over federal questions arising in Utah, the Tenth Circuit, issued a decision on January 6, 2009, delineating the scope of the rights that an employee employed by a governmental entity may have in staying in the same position that he or she has historically had. The case, Potts v. […]

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