Cases—April 10th through 16th, 2022

DISCRIMINATION ~ RETALIATION

*Glapion-Pressley v. City and County of Denver (10th Cir., April 14, 2022) (Glapion-Pressley failed to show error in the dismissal of her claims for failure to satisfy Title VII’s verification requirement before the EEOC)

MISCELLANEOUS

*Hurst v. McDonough (10th Cir., April 12, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of McDonough on Hurst’s sexual harassment claim: The Department of Veterans Affairs was not Hurst’s employer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act; rather, she was an independent contractor)

WAGES

*Fedor v. United Healthcare, Inc. (10th Cir., April 11, 2022) (affirming denial of United Healthcare’s motion to compel arbitration on Plaintiffs’ unpaid-overtime claims: the issue was forfeited because it was not raised before the district court)

WORKERS COMPENSATION ~ OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND DISEASE

Mahoney v. Department of Workforce Services (Utah Ct. App., April 14, 2022) (setting aside the Workforce Appeals Board decision denying him unemployment insurance benefits: The Board made at least one finding without substantial evidence, and it failed to address two of Mahoney’s complaints)

*Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel.