Cases—September 11th through 17th, 2022

Discrimination ~ Retaliation *Crews v. Austin (10th Cir., September 12, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Crews’s employer, the Department of Defense, on her claims for Title VII retaliation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and disability discrimination: Crews did not offer sufficient justification for her delay in seeking Rule 60(b) relief) *Braithwaite v. United […]

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Cases—September 4th through 10th, 2022

Discrimination~Retaliation Sorenson v. Wadsworth Brothers Construction Company (10th Cir., September 9, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Wadsworth on Sorenson’s retaliation claim based on the whistleblower provisions of the federal false claims act: Sorenson failed to put Wadsworth on notice his protected activities were related to purported violations of the FCA and failed to […]

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Cases—August 21st through 27th, 2022

Discrimination~Retaliation *Gabriel v. Trans Am Trucking Co. (10th Cir., August 25, 2022) (affirming dismissal of Gabriel’s complaint under the ADA and motion to recuse: The complaint was incomprehensible, and Gabriel showed no viable evidence of bias) Ford v. Jackson National Life Insurance Co. (10th Cir., August 23, 2022) (affirming dismissal of Ford’s discrimination claim, but […]

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Cases — August 7th through 13th, 2022

Discrimination~Retaliation *Nortey v. St. John Medical Center, Inc. (10th Cir., August 11, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of St. John on Nortey’s discrimination, retaliation, and other claims: Nortey’s only claims on appeal—that the judge was biased and that St. John’s counsel improperly deposed her while her cognition was impaired—were not presented below and could […]

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Cases — July 31st through August 6th, 2022

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 […]

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Cases — February 6th through 12th, 2022

Contract ~ Noncompete ~ Trade Secret ~ Wrongful Termination *Keybank Nat’l Assoc. v. Williams (10th Cir., February 10, 2022) (affirming denial of Keybank’s motion for preliminary injunction to prevent defendants from doing business with and soliciting KeyBank’s customers and misappropriating its trade secret and confidential information: KeyBank failed to show a probability of irreparable harm) […]

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Cases — December 5th through 11th, 2021

Workers’ Compensation ~ Occupational Safety and Disease *Mares v. Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (10th Cir., December 7, 2021) (affirming summary judgment for the CCH on Mares’s claim that she was fired in violation of the ADA: Mares did have approval for intermittent FMLA leave, but she she was still required to give CCH notice, […]

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Cases — November 7th through 13th, 2021

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 […]

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Cases — October 17th through 23rd, 2021

Discrimination~Retaliation *Garcia v. Wyoming Department of Health and Social Services (10th Cir., October 18, 2021) (affirming summary judgment in favor of the Department on Garcia’s claims of retaliation and discrimination based on disability and religion: The 11th Amendment barred her ADA claim, and she failed to demonstrate pretext on her Title VII discrimination and retaliation […]

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Cases — August 22nd through 28th, 2021

Workers Compensation ~ Occupational Safety and Disease *Kulasa v. Wyndham Vacation Rentals (10th Cir., August 27, 2021) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Wyndham on Kulasa’s claims under the ADA and the Colorado anti-discrimination and wage-claim acts: He failed to establish he had a disability or any limitation arising out of his ADHD) *Cases marked […]

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