Cases — July 26th through August 1st, 2020

Discrimination ~ Retaliation

Bunn v. Perdue (10th Cir., July 28, 2020) (dismissing as untimely Bunn’s challenge to summary judgment in favor of Perdue)

*Jorita v. Gray-Little (10th Cir., July 27, 2020) (reversing denial of qualified immunity to administrators of the University of Kansas on Jorita’s claim that she was fired in retaliation for exercising her first amendment rights: Jorita’s complaints were not matters of public concern)

Workers Compensation ~ Occupational Safety and Disease

Ramos v. Cobblestone Centre (Utah, July 31, 2020) (affirming decision of the Labor Commission basing award of disability on the report of the assigned medical panel: this procedure is not unconstitutional since these panels merely assist in fact-finding and do not bind the ALJ)

*Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel.