Cases — September 10th through 16th

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 […]

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Cases — September 3rd through 9th

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:  […]

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Cases — August 27th through September 2nd

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 […]

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Cases — August 13th through 19th

ERISA and Employee Pension Plans GCIU-Employer Retirement Fund v. Coleridge Fine Arts (10th Cir., August 16, 2017) (reversing dismissal, based on lack of personal jurisdiction, of GCIU’s attempt to collect withdrawal liability from defendants)Miscellaneous Aura Spa & Boutique v. Department of Workforce Services (Utah Ct. App., August 17, 2017) (declining to disturb Workforce Appeals Board […]

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Cases — July 30th through August 5th

Discrimination/Retaliation*Lucas v. Colorado State Public Defender (10th Cir., August 4, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of the public defender on Lucas’s race, sexual discrimination, retaliation, equal protection, and interference with a post-employment opportunity)Miscellaneous*Star Insurance Company v. Federal Insurance Company (10th Cir., August 2, 2017) (affirming summary judgment ruling that worker was a loaned servant […]

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Cases — July 23rd through 29th

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 […]

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Cases — July 9th through 15th

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) […]

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Cases — July 2nd through 8th

Discrimination/Retaliation *Jackson v. Besecker (10th Cir., July 5, 2017) (dismissing appeal for lack of jurisdiction: sheriff fired deputy after deputy ran against him in election; deputy sued for retaliation; the sheriff claimed qualified immunity, and the court dismissed)Punt v. Kelly Services (10th Cir., July 6, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Kelly Services, although an […]

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Cases — June 25th through July 1st

Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination *Winger v. Meade District Hospital (10th Cir., June 27, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of the hospital on Winger’s due process claim) Bahnmaier v. Northern Utah Healthcare Corporation (Utah Ct. App., June 29, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Northern Utah: the hospital’s substance abuse policy is not an implied […]

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