Damages

Cases—March 6th through 12th, 2022

Scott Ellsworth - March 15, 2022 - 10th Circuit, Damages, Discrimination, EEOC, Miscellaneous, Pandemic Unemployment Assisstance, Retaliation, Scope of Employment, Tenth Circuit, Utah Court of Appeals, Vicarious Liability, Workers Compensation

Discrimination ~ Retaliation Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Roark-Whitten Hospitality 2, LP (10th Cir., March 10, 2022) (among other things, reversing compensatory damages award against Roark-Whitten on the EEOC’s claims against it for unlawful employment practices: the district court failed to explain why it ordered compensatory damages in the amount of only $35,000 despite the […]

Cases — October 22nd through 28th (2017)

Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful TerminationAugustus v. Vernal City (Utah Ct. App., October 26, 2019) (declining to disturb the city’s decision to uphold Augustus’s termination: the city’s board did not violate Augustus’s due process notice right)Lamont v. Riverton City Board of Appeals (Utah Ct. App., October 26, 2017) (declining to overturn Lamont’s termination for his refusal to take an alcohol […]