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 — 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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Cases — January 17th through 23rd

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 […]

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Cases — August 30th through September 5th

Disability Oliver v. Labor Commission (Utah Ct. App.,September 3, 2015) (setting aside commission denial of permanent totaldisability benefits as based upon incorrect legal standards and allowing the ALJ’s order to stand) Discrimination & Retaliation Zisumbo v. Ogden Regional Medical Center (10th Cir.,September 4, 2015) (affirming Zisumbo’s retaliation award as set by the courtbelow) Workers’ Compensation Helf v. Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. (Utah S.Ct.,September 4, […]

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