Discrimination ~ Retaliation
*English v. Small Business Administration (10th Cir., January 5, 2021) (affirming summary judgment to the SBA on English’s Civil Rights claims of race discrimination and retaliation: English could not establish a genuine issue of material fact as to SBA’s rationale for his termination being illegitimate or discriminatory)
*Bowles v. Grant Trucking (10th Cir., January 8, 2021) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Grant Trucking on Bowles’ disability discrimination claim under the ADA: Bowles did not establish that Grant had fifteen or more employees such that it qualified as an employer under the ADA)
Workers Compensation ~ Occupational Safety and Disease
Velasco v. Labor Commission (Utah Ct. App., January 7, 2021) (reversing Commission decision denying Velasco a portion of his claimed temporary total disability benefits: the Commission’s appeal board erred in determining that Velasco could not obtain benefits during the relevant period)
*Olson v. Commissioner (10th Cir., January 8, 2021) (affirming denial of disability benefits: as Olson was able to perform other jobs the ALJ correctly held that Olson was not disabled)
*McLellan v. Commissioner (10th Cir., January 8, 2021) (affirming dismissal of McLellan’s claim for the payment of retroactive benefits)
*Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel.
