Discrimination/Retaliation *Gaige v. SAIA Motor Freight Line, LLC (10th Cir., November 29, 2016) (affirming denial of Gaige’s motion for new trial: lower court was within its discretion in finding that the proposed evidence’s unfair prejudice substantially outweighed its probative value) Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease*Patterson v. Colvin (10th Cir., November 30, 2016) (affirming denial of […]
Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful TerminationAcha v. Dept. of Agriculture (10th Cir., November 14, 2016) (vacating MeritSystems Protection Board decision: the MSPB lacked jurisdiction to consider whether Acha had been terminated for disclosure of Federal Acquisition Regulation violation)Discrimination/Retaliation*Palzer v. Cox Oklahoma Telecom, LLC (10th Cir., November 18, 2016) (reversing dismissal of Palzer’s suit for failure of timely service, instead of giving […]
Discrimination/Retaliation*Ayalla v. U.S. Postmaster General (10th Cir., October 12, 2016) (affirming dismissal of Ayalla’s claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Equal Pay Act, for failure to state a claim)Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease*Kirkpatrick v. Colvin (10th Cir., October 11, 2016)(affirming denial of disability benefits because Kirkpatrick failed to show that his RFC […]
Discrimination/Retaliation*Tilghman v. Kirby (10th Cir., October 7, 2016) (affirming grants of summary judgment in favor of Kirby and Comanche County on Tilghman’s section 1983, sexual harassment, and retaliation)Labor Unions*Denton v. Yancey (10th Cir., October 3, 2016) (affirming summary judgment in favor of defendants on Denton’s free speech and association claims)Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease*Paulek v. […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Walker v. Balco (10th Cir., September 26, 2016) (finding no error in the dismissal of Walker’s retaliatory discharge complaint for failure to allege facts sufficient to show his discharge to be contrary to compelling public policy) Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety & Disease *Allen v. Colvin (10th Cir., September 27, 2016) (affirming denial of disability benefits […]
Discrimination/RetaliationBird v. West Valley City (10th Cir., August 8, 2016) (affirming summary judgment in favor of West Valley on Bird’s gender-discrimination and hostile-work-environment claims; but reversing on Bird’s claim of First-Amendment retaliation claim) *Ridgell-Boltz v. Colvin (10th Cir., August 10, 2016) (affirming denial of attorneys’ fees, but reversing the district court’s order dismissing Ridgell-Boltz’s hostile-work-environment […]
Discrimination and Retaliation*Drury v. BNSF Railway Company (10th Cir., August 2, 2016) (affirming summary judgment in favor of BNSF on Drury’s race and age discrimination and retaliation for his allegations) *Oceguera v. Colvin(10th Cir., August 4, 2016) (affirming denial of benefits because the ALJ properly incorporated the medical findings into the RFC determination) *Cases marked […]
Discrimination/Retaliation*James v. James (10th Cir., July 26, 2016) (affirming summary judgment in favor of defendant on plaintiff’s claims for racial harassment, discrimination, and retaliation) Foster v. Mountain Coal, LLC (10th Cir., July 26, 2016) (reversing summary judgment in favor of Mountain Coal because a jury could find that Foster established a prima facie case, and that […]
Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination*Williams v. McKee (10th Cir., July 20, 2016) (affirming dismissal of Williams’ ss 1983 claims for termination in violation of due process because his complaint failed to state any constitutional violation, and refusal to exercise jurisdiction of Williams’ state-law retaliation claim)Discrimination / Retaliation*Hollis v. Aerotek, Inc. (10th Cir., July 19, 2016) (affirming summary judgement in […]
Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful TerminationWest Valley City v. Coyle (Utah Ct. App., July 14, 2016) (upholding City Civil Service Commission decision reinstating Coyle as a police lieutenant after the city demoted him: the Commission acted within its discretion in determining that Coyle’s violations did not warrant demotion) Maiteki v. Marten Transport Ltd. (10th Cir., July 13, 2016) (affirming […]
