Discrimination~Retaliation *Delopez v. Bernalillo Public Schools (10th Cir., December 22, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Defendants on Delopez’s age-discrimination and constructive-discharge claims: there was no evidence of discrimination. Also, reversing summary judgment in favor of Defendants on Delopez’s state-law breach-of-contract claim: Delopez didn’t have to exhaust her administrative remedies without proper notice.) Workers […]
Discrimination~Retaliation *Flowers v. United Parcel Service, Inc. (10th Cir., November 29, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of UPS on Flowers’ age discrimination and retaliation claims: Flowers failed to raise any genuine issues for trial on any of his claims) *Painter v. Midwest Health, Inc.; Pioneer Ridge Nursing Facility Operations, LLC (10th Cir., November 30, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Discrimination~Retaliation Stroup v. United Airlines, Inc. (10th Cir., February 28, 2022) (affirming district court judgment, and denial of United’s motion for judgment as a matter of law: there was sufficient evidence for the jury to reasonably find not only that United violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, but that it did so willfully (lengthy […]
Discrimination~Retaliation *Harper v. Arrow Electronics (10th Cir., December 21, 2021) (affirming summary judgement in favor of Arrow Electronics on Harper’s race- and age-discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims: Harper did not establish a prima-facie case for any of her claims, nor did she suffer any adverse employment action) Workers Compensation~Occupational Safety & Disease Herrmann v. Salt […]
Contract ~ Noncompete ~ Trade Secret ~ Wrongful Termination Tomkins v. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (10th Cir., October 25, 2021) (affirming dismissal of Tompkins’ administrative procedures act and due process claims for lack of jurisdiction: the Veterans’ Benefit Act is Tompkins’ exclusive remedy, Tompkins failed to identify an applicable waiver of sovereign immunity, and […]
Discrimination~Retaliation *Muggenborg v. Nortek Air Solutions, LLC (10th Cir., October 15, 2021) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Nortek on Muggenborg’s age-discrimination claim: despite a strong prima-facie case, Muggenborg failed to show that Nortek’s justification for terminating him were pretextual) Workers Compensation~Occupational Safety and Disease C.R. England & Indemnity Insurance Co. v. Labor Commission (Utah […]
Discrimination ~ Retaliation *DeSanzo v. AHS Southcrest Hospital, LLC (10th Cir., January 28, 2021) (affirming summary judgment in favor of AHS on DeSanzo’s age discrimination an retaliation claims: DeSanzo could not establish that AHS’s reason for her termination was pretextual) Miscellaneous *Oldenburg v. American Modern Insurance Company, Inc. (10th Cir., January 26, 2021) (reversing summary […]
Discrimination~Retaliation *Kawahara v. Guaranty Bank and Trust (10th Cir., December 2, 2020) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Guaranty on Kawahara’s gender-, race-, and age-discrimination claims: Kawahara could not demonstrate pretext) *Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel.
