Cases — June 7th through 20th admin - June 20, 2015 - Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Disability, Discrimination, Retaliation, Tenth Circuit, Unemployment Compensation, Workers Compensation Discrimination and Retaliation Arbogast v. Kansas Department of Labor (10th Cir., June 19, 2015) (court lacked jurisdiction to consider state department of labor’s capacity to be sued, but affirms the department’s nonentitlement to eleventh-amendment immunity) Martinez v. Southwest Cheese Company (10th Cir., June 18, 2015) (affirming exclusion of portions of affidavits and summary judgement in connection with hostile work environment, constructive discharge, and remand of state law claims) Smith v. Global Staffing (10th Cir., June 17, 2015) (affirming judgement as a matter of law and jury verdict against Smith on his Title VII, civil rights, and ADA claims) Levy v. Kansas Dept. of Social and Rehabilitation Services (10th Cir., June 16, 2015) (affirming dismissal of ADA and Rehabilitation-Act retaliation claims based on sovereign immunity and statute of limitations) Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease Barnes v. Colvin (10th Cir., June 18, 2015) (reversing denial of disability benefits and supplemental security income because the ALJ committed Winfreyerror by failing to make proper findings) 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)
