Cases — September 20th through 26th

admin - October 18, 2015 - Disability, Discrimination, First Amendment, Procedure, Retaliation, Summary Judgment, Tenth Circuit, Utah Supreme Court, Workers Compensation

Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease

*Trujillo v. Colvin (10th Cir.,September 24, 2015) (reversing district court affirmation of the ALJ’s denialof social security benefits to Trujillo)

Flowell Electric Association, Inc., v. RhodesPump, LLC (Utah S.Ct., September 25, 2015) (reversing grant of summary judgement based onthe presence of unresolved factual issues)

Discrimination and Retaliation

*Ingila v. Dish Network (10th Cir.,September 22, 2015) (affirming summary judgment because of Ingila’s failure toraise any relevant arguments on appeal)

Holub v. Gdowski (10th Cir., September 24, 2015)(affirming summary judgement in favor of Gdowski on (unprotected) firstamendment speech, breach of contract, and wrongful discharge claims)

Thomas v. Berry Plastics Corporation (10th Cir.,September 25, 2015) (affirming summary judgement in favor of Berry on Thomas’sretaliation claims)

*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.