Discrimination/Retaliation*Montoya v. Hunter Douglas Window Fashions, Inc. (10th Cir., January 25, 2016) (affirming summary judgement in favor of defendant because Montoya failed to show pretext for either her discrimination claim or herretaliation claim)*Mancell v. McHugh, Secretary of the Army (10th Cir., January 25, 2016) (affirming summary judgement in favor of defendant on Mancell’s discrimination and retaliation […]
DiscriminationL’Ggrke v. Asset Plus Corporation (10th Cir., January 20, 2016) (affirming dismissal of L’Ggrke’s employment discrimination complaint for failure to prosecute)ERISAMontanile v. Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan (U.S., January 20, 2016) (reversing an 11th-Circuit decision holding that when an ERISA-plan participant wholly dissipates a third-party settlement on nontraceable items, the plan […]
Discrimination / Retaliation*Lewis v. Twenty-First Century Bean Processing (10th Cir., January 5, 2016) (affirming summary judgment in favor of defendant on plaintiff’s age- and race-discrimination claims)WagesNesbitt v. FCNH, Inc. (10th Cir., January 5, 2016) (affirming the district court’s order denying defendant FCNH’s motion to stay the proceedings and to compel arbitration)Workers’ Compensation*Lynn v. Colvin (10th Cir., January […]
Workers Compensation *Dutton v. Colvin (10th Cir., December 21, 2015) (reversing denial of Supplemental Security Income benefits because ALJ failed to properly consider treating physician’s opinion) Simmons v. Colvin (10th Cir., December 23, 2015) (affirming denial of disability benefits based on his “impertinent,” “groundless,” and “frivolous”arguments) Discrimination/Retaliation *Amos v. City of Claremore (10th Cir., December […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Herndon v. Best Buy Co., Inc. (10th Cir., December 15, 2015) (affirming dismissal of plaintiff’s claim of retaliatory discharge for hiring a former felon) Unemployment Appeals Martin v. Department of Workforce Services (Utah Ct. App., December 17, 2015) (untimely filed appeal dismissed for lack of jurisdiction) Yudin v. Department of Workforce Services (UtahCt. App., […]
WAGES *Evans v. Loveland Automotive Investments, Inc. (10th Cir., December 10, 2015) (adopting the rule that an award of both a state statutory penalty and FLSA liquidated damages does not constitute a double recovery) DISCRIMINATION/RETALIATION *Winters v, Board of County Commissioners of Muskogee County, Oklahoma (10th Cir., December 10, 2015) (reversing summary judgment in the […]
Discrimination & Retaliation *Cink v. Grant County, Oklahoma (10th Cir., November 27, 2015) (reversing the district court’s conclusion that the county was not Cink’s employer and therefore not liable under Cink’s age discrimination and disability claims) Miscellaneous *Sanders v. Anoatubby (10th Cir., November 23, 2015) (a hostile-work-environment/wrongful-termination case in the Chickasaw Nation dismissed for lack of jurisdiction) […]
Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination *Kreso v. McDonald (10th Cir.,November 12, 2015) (affirming district court’s refusal to overturn Veteran’s Affairs Disciplinary Appeals Board’s termination of Kreso’s employment) Discrimination & Retaliation *Cory v. City of Basehor (10th Cir.,November 12, 2015) (upholding summary judgment against Cory on his claim that the city terminated him as a police officer in retaliation for exercising his […]
Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease *Rivera v. Colvin (10th Cir., October 20, 2015)(affirming denial of social security benefits) *Pham v. James (10th Cir., October 20, 2015)(affirming dismissal of Pham’s Title VII EEOC claims—workplace harassment based on disability and retaliation—for failure to exhaust his administrative remedies) *Hays v. Colvin (10th Cir., October 22, 2015) (reversing and remanding denial of […]
Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease *Adams v. Colvin (10th Cir., October 15, 2015)(affirming finding of no disability) *Gabriel v. Colorado Mountain Medical, P.C. (10th Cir.,October 13, 2015) (affirming summary judgment against Gabriel on her Family Medical Leave Act claim) *Cases marked with an asterisk are cases the 10th Circuit does not consider binding precedent except […]
