Cases — July 12th through 18th

admin - July 29, 2015 - Benefits, Disability, Discrimination, First Amendment, Retaliation, Tenth Circuit, Utah Court of Appeals, Workers Compensation

Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease

Brooks v. Commissioner (10th Cir., July 17, 2015) (affirming the Commission determination that Brooks had received an overpayment of Disability benefits)

Santos v. Colvin (10th Cir., July 15, 2015) (affirming dismissal of complaint challenging the denial of disability insurance benefits)

Discrimination and Retaliation

Bandi v. Colvin (10th Cir., July 16, 2015) (affirming summary judgment in favor of the Social Security Administration on Bandi’s racial and sexual discrimination claims)

Mitchell v. McGovern (10th Cir., July 16, 2015) (dismissing as frivolous Mitchell’s claim that defendants discriminated against him in his suspension from the Colorado Medical Board)

Llamas v. QC Financial Services, Inc. (10th Cir., July 13, 2015) (affirming summary judgment in favor of QC Financial on Llamas’ claim of wrongful discharge in retaliation for opposing pregnancy discrimination)

Miscellaneous

Little Sisters of the Poor v. Burwell (10th Cir., July 14, 2015) (Requiring religious NPOs to opt out of contraceptive coverage for employees does not substantially burden religious exercise under RFRA nor infringe 1st amendment rights) (see also Reaching Souls International and Southern Nazarene University (10th Cir., same date), below)

Marcroft v. Labor Commission (Utah Ct. App., July 16, 2015) (upholding Board order without reaching the merits because Marcroft failed to preserve his challenge)

Reaching Souls International, Inc. v. Burwell (10th Cir., July 14, 2015) (Requiring religious NPOs to opt out of contraceptive coverage for employees does not substantially burden religious exercise under RFRA nor infringe 1st amendment rights)

Southern Nazarene University v. Burwell (10th Cir., July 14, 2015) (Requiring religious NPOs to opt out of contraceptive coverage for employees does not substantially burden religious exercise under RFRA nor infringe 1st amendment rights) (see also Reaching Souls International (10th Cir., same date))

Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination

Brooks v. Board of Education (10th Cir., June 16, 2015) (reversing summary judgement based upon the incorrect conclusion that noncertified, one-year contract employees are not terminated because their contracts are not renewed)