Workers’ Compensation ~ Occupational Safety and Disease Pritchard v. Labor Commission (Utah Ct. App., November 15, 2019) (affirming denial of workers’ compensation benefits: Pritchard’s spinal condition was not caused, aggravated, or worsened by her work exposure) *Progressive Northern Insurance Company v. Peavler (10th Cir., November 13, 2019) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Progressive: Peavler’s […]
Discrimination ~ Retaliation *Gaskin v. Science Applications International, Inc. (10th Cir., November 8, 2019) (affirming summary judgment in favor of SAI on Gaskin’s sex discrimination claim: SAI had a legitimate nondiscriminatory reason—inappropriate conduct—to terminate Gaskin) Tesone v. Empire Marketing Strategies (10th Cir., November 8, 2019) (reversing summary judgment in favor of Empire on Tesone’s ADA […]
Discrimination ~ Retaliation *Lu v. University of Utah (10th Cir., October 29, 2019) (affirming dismissal of Lu’s retaliation, racial and national-origin discrimination, and ADA claims: Lu identified no cogent basis on which to reverse the district court’s dismissal) Wages Vander Veur v. Groove Entertainment Technologies (Utah, October 29, 2019)(reversing court of appeals: the covenant of […]
Workers’ Compensation ~ Occupational Safety and Disease *Energy West Mining Company v. Director, OWCP (10th Cir., October 23, 2019) (dismissing Energy West’s petition for review of the Review Board’s decision ordering an award of black lung benefits: the Board’s decision was not a final order, and so the court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction) *Putnam v. Commissioner […]
Discrimination ~ Retaliation *Henderson v. Cargill Packing Plant (10th Cir., October 16, 2019) (affirming dismissal of Henderson’s failure-to-hire and age-discrimination claims: Henderson’s complaints failed to provide sufficient notice of his claims) *Turner v. Phillips 66 Company (10th Cir., October 16, 2019) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Phillips 66 on Turner’s ADA claims: Turner failed […]
Workers Compensation ~ Occupational Safety & Disease Benge v. Labor Commission (Utah Ct. App., October 10, 2019) (declining to disturb labor commission order denying Benge’s worker’s compensation claim: substantial evidence adequately supported the decision)
Discrimination ~ Retaliation *Ordonez v. ABM Aviation, Inc. (10th Cir., October 3, 2019) (dismissing as moot Ordonez’s Title VII sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation claims, settled in her personal bankruptcy action) *Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel.
Discrimination ~ Retaliation *Simon v. City and County of Denver (10th Cir., September 24, 2019) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Denver on former police officer Simon’s claim that Denver fired her for taking FMLA leave: the record does not show that her termination was retaliatory) *Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, […]
ERISA *Caldwell v. Unum Life Insurance (10th Cir., September 18, 2019) (affirming rejection of claim under ERISA that Unum had improperly denied accidental death benefits based on policy exclusion for losses resulting from an attempt to commit a crime”) Wages Kenney v. Helix TCS, Inc. (10th Cir., September 20, 2019) (affirming denial of Helix’s motion […]
Discrimination ~ Retaliation *Hubbard v. Oral and Maxillofacial Associates, LLC (10th Cir., September 10, 2019) (affirming summary judgment in favor of defendants on Hubbard’s age and gender discrimination claims: Hubbard could not discriminatory animus) *Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and […]
