Cases — September 27th through October 3rd

admin - October 27, 2015 - Disability, Discrimination, Retaliation, Social Security, Tenth Circuit, Unemployment, Unemployment Compensation, Utah Court of Appeals, Workers Compensation

Discrimination and Retaliation

*Schlecht v. Lockheed Martin Corporation (10^th Cir., September 28, 2015) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Lockheed on Schlecht’s disability discrimination claim)

Unemployment

Gray v. Department of Workforce Services (Utah Ct. App., October1, 2015) (declining to disturb board determination that Gray quit his positionwithout good cause, making him ineligible for unemployment benefits)

Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease

*Vigil v. Colvin (10th Cir., September 28, 2015)(affirming denial of disability insurance and supplemental security incomebenefits)

*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.