Discrimination/RetaliationSanchez v. US Department of Energy (10th Circuit, September 11, 2017) (vacating judgment on the pleadings as to Sanchez’s failure-to-accommodate claim, based on his dismissal because his Mixed Receptive-Expressive Language Disorder was a threat to national security. But the court affirmed the dismissal of his retaliation, disparate treatment, and procedural due process claims)Wages*Jimenez and Bustillos v. Board […]
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: […]
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 […]
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)
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
Discrimination/Retaliation*Russell v. Phillips 66 Company (10th Cir., May 4, 2017) (affirming dismissal of discrimination claim under the ADA because Russell failed even to establish his prima facie case)MiscellaneousEdwards v. Carey (Utah Ct. App., May 4, 2017) (affirming denial of motion to arbitrate: Edwards’ claims did not implicate the parties’ employment agreements)Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease*Allen v. […]
