Cases — April 7th through 13th, 2019

Scott Ellsworth - April 28, 2019August 9, 2019 - 10th Circuit, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Constructive Discharge, Public Employees, Retaliation, Uncategorized, Workers Compensation, Wrongful Termination

Public Employees

*Drown v. Utah State Office of Education (10th Cir., April 8, 2019) (affirming dismissal of Drown’s ADA, Rehabilitation Act, and § 1983 claims against the Utah Board of Education, the school district, and employees: her claims were untimely and improperly prospective)

Contract / Noncompete / Trade Secret / Wrongful Termination

*Romero v. Helmerich & Payne Int’l Drilling Co., (10th Cir., April 12, 2019) (affirming finding of actual and constructive discharge in retaliation for Romero’s pursuing his worker’s compensation claim: no error in permitting constructive discharge theory to go to the jury)

*Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel.