Cases — February 19th through 25th
Discrimination/Retaliation
Williams v. FEDEX Corporate Services (10th Cir., February 24, 2017) (affirming summary judgment for FEDEX on Williams’s regarded-as-disabled claim, but reversing and remanding his disability-related inquiry claim for district court decision)
ERISA and Employee Pension Plans
Keller Tank Services II, Inc., v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (10th Cir., February 21, 2017) (affirming summary judgment against Keller on its protest of tax penalty appeal regarding its deductions for contributions to an employee benefit plan)
Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease
*Lewis v. Berryhill (10th Cir., February 21, 2017) (reversing denial of disability benefits because the administrative law judge erred by failing to give appropriate weight to Lewis’s treating physician)
Williams v. FEDEX Corporate Services (10th Cir., February 24, 2017) (affirming summary judgment for FEDEX on Williams’s regarded-as-disabled claim, but reversing and remanding his disability-related inquiry claim for district court decision)
ERISA and Employee Pension Plans
Keller Tank Services II, Inc., v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (10th Cir., February 21, 2017) (affirming summary judgment against Keller on its protest of tax penalty appeal regarding its deductions for contributions to an employee benefit plan)
Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease
*Lewis v. Berryhill (10th Cir., February 21, 2017) (reversing denial of disability benefits because the administrative law judge erred by failing to give appropriate weight to Lewis’s treating physician)
*Cases marked with an asterisk are cases the 10th Circuit does not consider binding precedent except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. They may be cited, however, for persuasive value under Fed.R.App.P. 32.1 and 10th Cir.R. 32.1.