Discrimination / Retaliation *Mestas v. Town of Evansville (10th Cir., September 6, 2019) (reversing summary judgment in favor of Evansville on Mestas’ ADA and Title VII hostile work environment and retaliation claims: genuine issues of material fact preclude summary judgment) Workers Compensation ~ Occupational Safety & Disease *Guice v. Commissioner (10th Cir., September 5, 2019) […]
Defamation *Williams v. United States (10th Cir., August 28, 2019) (affirming dismissal of defamation claim and Bivens action) Discrimination ~ Retaliation Singh v. Cordle (10th Cir., August 28, 2019) (reversing denial of summary judgment in favor of Cordle on First Amendment retaliation claim, but affirming on remaining claims) Public Employers ~ Employees *Alcorn v. La […]
Discrimination~Retaliation *Cowley v. West Valley City (10th Cir., August 20, 2019) (affirming summary judgment in favor of West Valley on Cowley’s retaliation/whistleblower claim) McGraw v. University of Utah (Utah Ct. App., August 22, 2019) (reversing denial of University’s motion to dismiss McGraw’s retaliation/whistleblower action: McGraw failed to strictly comply with the Governmental Immunity Act) *Cases […]
Workers Compensation ~ Occupational Safety and Disease *Mann v. Turner Brothers, Inc. (10th Cir., August 9, 2019 (revised September 3, 2019)) (denying Mann’s petition for review of denial of benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act: there was insufficient basis for finding of pneumoconiosis) *Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Vazirabadi v. Denver Health and Hospital Authority (10th Cir., August 2, 2019) (affirming summary judgment against Vazirabadi on his age- and national-origin-discrimination claims: Vazirabadi did not support his age-discrimination claim, and he could not show pretext on his national-origin claim) Miscellaneous *Nasuti v. Whole Foods Market (10th Cir., August 2, 2019) (affirming dismissal of […]
Workers’ Compensation ~ Occupational Safety & Disease Peabody Twentymile Mining, LLC, v. Secretary of Labor (10th Cir., July 18, 2019) (vacating safety violation citation because Twentymile’s construction method was “traditionally accepted” by the Mine Health and Safety Administration)
Wages *Sullivan v. Da Vita Healthcare Partners, Inc. (10th Cir., July 2, 2019) (affirming dismissal of Fair Labor Standards Act overtime wage claims as barred by res judicata) *Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel.
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