Discrimination~Retaliation *Cox v. Dex Media, Inc. (10th Cir., August 3, 2022) (affirming arbitration award in favor of Cox on her age discrimination in employment claim: the arbitrator did not disregard appropriate law and complied with the arbitration agreement) Cruz v. Farmers Insurance Exchange (10th Cir., August 3, 2022) (reversing summary judgment in favor of Farmers […]
Contract ~ Noncompete ~ Trade Secret ~ Wrongful Termination Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (U.S., June 27, 2022) (reversing summary judgment in favor of the school district on Kennedy’s first-amendment religious-freedom claim: the free-exercise and free-speech clauses of the first amendment protect an individual engaging in a personal religious observance (prayer)from government reprisal; the Constitution […]
Discrimination~Retaliation Tucker v. Faith Bible Chapel International (10th Cir., June 7, 2022) (dismissing, for lack of jurisdiction, Faith Bible’s interlocutory appeal of Tucker’s claim that he was fired for opposing alleged race discrimination at the school: under the “ministerial exception” defense, anti-discrimination laws do not apply to employment disputes between religious employers and their ministers; […]
DISCRIMINATION ~ RETALIATION *Glapion-Pressley v. City and County of Denver (10th Cir., April 14, 2022) (Glapion-Pressley failed to show error in the dismissal of her claims for failure to satisfy Title VII’s verification requirement before the EEOC) MISCELLANEOUS *Hurst v. McDonough (10th Cir., April 12, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of McDonough on Hurst’s […]
Discrimination~Retaliation *Benaissa v. Salina Regional Health Center, Inc. (10th Cir., December 2, 2021) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Salina on Benaissa’s Title VII discrimination and retaliation claims: The EEOC and, later, the District Court, correctly concluded that, since Benaissa was not an employee of Salina, all of his Title VII discrimination and retaliation claims […]
Discrimination ~ Retaliation Edmonds-Radford v. Southwest Airlines Co. (10th Cir., November 8, 2021) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Southwest on Edmonds-Radford’s ADA and Rehabilitation-Act claims: the Rehabilitation Act did not apply as no federal assistance was involved; one of her ADA claims was filed after the 300-day limit; and Edmonds-Radford failed to establish a […]
Discrimination ~ Retaliation *Ross v. Staffmark Group (10th Cir., May 13, 2021) (affirming dismissal as untimely of Ross’s Title VII claims against defendant Coleman Company for race and national origin discrimination: Ross failed to file suit within 90 days of receipt of an EEOC right-to-sue letter, and did not allege exceptional circumstances that would justify […]
Miscellaneous Fedor v. United Healthcare, Inc. (10th Cir., September 16, 2020) (vacating order compelling arbitration claims against Fedor’s former employer: the district court impermissibly compelled arbitrarion before finding an arbitration agreement existed) Workers Compensation ~ Occupational Safety and Disease Aubrey v. Koppes (10th Cir., September 18, 2020) (reversing summary judgment in favor of the county […]
Wages Dish Network, L.L.C., v. Ray (10th Cir., August 21, 2018) (affirming denial of Dish Network’s petition to vacate class arbitration award)Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and DiseaseF.H. Coatings, LLC, v. Acosta (10th Cir., August 20, 2018) (affirming OSH commission order penalizing F.H. Coatings for violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, resulting in the death of […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Christmon v. B&B Airparts, Inc. (10th Cir., May 24, 2018) (affirming summary judgment in favor of B&B on Christmon’s religious discrimination claim: B&B reasonably accommodated Christmon’s beliefs) Labor Unions Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis (U.S., May 21, 2018) (The Federal Arbitration Act mandates that arbitration agreements providing for individual proceedings be enforced as written) […]
