Cases — September 3rd through 9th

Discrimination/Retaliation EEOC v. College America Denver, Inc. (10th Cir., September 5, 2017) (reversing dismissal as moot of unlawful-interference claim) Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease Par Electrical v. Labor Commission (Utah Ct. App., September 8, 2017) (declining to disturb Commission affirmance of ALJ order awarding disability compensation under the Workers’ Compensation Act for 2006 work accident:  […]

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Cases — August 27th through September 2nd

Discrimination/Retaliation*Villecco v. Vail Resorts, Inc. (10th Cir., August 27, 2017) (affirming dismissal of Villecco’s employment discrimination claim for failure to prosecute his claim, and subsequent denial of FRCP 60(b) motion for relief)*Webster v. Shulkin (10th Cir., August 31, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Shulkin and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs on Webster’s age-discrimination and […]

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Cases — July 30th through August 5th

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 […]

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Cases — July 9th through 15th

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) […]

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Cases — July 2nd through 8th

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 […]

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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 — 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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