Cases — January 25th through 31st admin - January 29, 2015 - Discrimination, Due Process, Labor Union, Retaliation, Tenth Circuit, United States Supreme Court, Utah Supreme Court, Wages, Workplace Violence Labor Unions M&G Polymers USA, LLC v. Tackett (U.S., January 26, 2015) (vacating the judgment of the Sixth Circuit with instructions to employ “ordinary principles of contract law” to provisions regarding retired employees) Discrimination and Retaliation Meyers v. Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center (10th Cir., January 28, 2015) (affirming summary judgement in the absence of either retaliation or denial of due process) Tadlock v. Foxx (10th Cir., January 27, 2015) (affirming denial of motion to vacate summary judgement, and striking amended documents) Riser v. QEP Energy (10th Cir., January 27, 2015) (reversing, in significant part, summary judgement in favor of QEP, on equal pay and discriminatory discharge claims) Wages Heaps v. Nuriche, LLC (Utah, January 30, 2015) (Utah Payment of Wages Act—individual managers are not personally liable for wages claimed by employees under the Act) Workplace Violence Graves v. North Eastern Services, Inc. (Utah, January 30, 2015) (interpreting Utah’s Liability Reform Act such that apportionment for “fault” extends to intentional torts—a lengthy 3-2 decision with a well-reasoned dissent by Associate Chief Justice Nehring)
