Discrimination/Retaliation*Coyle v. Jackson (10th Cir., July 27, 2017) (affirming dismissal for failure to comply with FRCP Rule 8: plaintiff failed to allege specific in support of his discrimination claims) Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease Quast v. Utah Labor Commission (Utah, July 25, 2017) (reversing award of total disability because the Court of Appeals misstated the […]
Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and DiseaseCox v. Labor Commission (Utah Ct. App., July 20, 2017) (setting aside denial of Cox’s workers’ compensation claim because the Commission didn’t apply the correct medical causation standard)
Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination *Puckett v. US Dept. of Agriculture (10th Cir., July 10, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in defendant’s favor: Puckett failed to demonstrate that her termination was arbitrary and capricious or that the reason for it was lacking in substantial evidence) *Ellison v. Roosevelt County Board of County Commissioners (10th Cir., July 12, 2017) […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Jackson v. Besecker (10th Cir., July 5, 2017) (dismissing appeal for lack of jurisdiction: sheriff fired deputy after deputy ran against him in election; deputy sued for retaliation; the sheriff claimed qualified immunity, and the court dismissed)Punt v. Kelly Services (10th Cir., July 6, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Kelly Services, although an […]
Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination *Winger v. Meade District Hospital (10th Cir., June 27, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of the hospital on Winger’s due process claim) Bahnmaier v. Northern Utah Healthcare Corporation (Utah Ct. App., June 29, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Northern Utah: the hospital’s substance abuse policy is not an implied […]
Unemployment Appeals *Board of Education v. Henderson (10th Cir., June 19, 2017) (unhappy with the Navajo Nation’s determination that it had jurisdiction, the school district sought relief in federal court, which dismissed for lack of standing) Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease *Bell v. Social Security Administration (10th Cir., June 20, 2017) (affirming denial of social security […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Herrera v. Las Cruces Public Schools (10th Cir., June 13, 2017) (affirming dismissal of Herrera’s disability discrimination and retaliatory discharge claims as untimely: “date of service” is the date of mailing, not receipt) *Jones v. Price (10th Cir., June 13, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Price, the Secretary of Health & Human […]
D. Scott Crook, the creator of The Utah Employment Lawyer and a partner and managing attorney of Crook & Taylor Law PLLC, was nominated by his peers for inclusion in the 2017 Edition of Mountain States Super Lawyers for Employment and Labor. Mr. Crook, who has also been named to The Best Lawyers in America and as one […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Yinger v. Postal Presort, Inc. (10th Cir., June 9, 2017) (reversing and remanding summary judgment against Yinger on his disability discrimination and retaliatory discharge claims) *Pittman v. American Airlines, Inc. (10th Cir., June 8, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of American Airlines on Pittman’s race and disability discrimination and retaliation because she failed […]
Discrimination/RetaliationHiatt v. Colorado Seminary (10th Circuit, June 2, 2017) (affirming summary judgment against Hiatt on her sexual discrimination and retaliation claims: Hiatt failed to show defendant’s actions were pretext for either discrimination or retaliation)Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and DiseaseBNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell (U.S. Supreme Court, May 30, 2017) (reversing and remanding Montana Supreme Court holding that […]
