Discrimination/Retaliation *Gaige v. SAIA Motor Freight Line, LLC (10th Cir., November 29, 2016) (affirming denial of Gaige’s motion for new trial: lower court was within its discretion in finding that the proposed evidence’s unfair prejudice substantially outweighed its probative value) Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease*Patterson v. Colvin (10th Cir., November 30, 2016) (affirming denial of […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Lancaster v. Sprint/United Management Co. (10th Cir., November 23, 2016) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Sprint: Lancaster failed to timely serve process and unwarrantedly sought indeterminate leave under the ADA) *Cases marked with an asterisk are cases the 10th Circuit does not consider binding precedent except under the doctrines of law of the […]
Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful TerminationAcha v. Dept. of Agriculture (10th Cir., November 14, 2016) (vacating MeritSystems Protection Board decision: the MSPB lacked jurisdiction to consider whether Acha had been terminated for disclosure of Federal Acquisition Regulation violation)Discrimination/Retaliation*Palzer v. Cox Oklahoma Telecom, LLC (10th Cir., November 18, 2016) (reversing dismissal of Palzer’s suit for failure of timely service, instead of giving […]
WagesSharp v. CGG Land (U.S.), Inc. (10th Cir., November 4, 2016) (affirming exclusion of meal allowance from time-and-a-half overtime calculation)Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and DiseasePetersen v. Labor Commission (Utah Ct. App., November 3, 2016) (affirming commission determination that surgeries were unnecessary and thus incompensable)*Paulsen v. Colvin (10th Cir., November 1, 2016) (affirming denial of disability benefits […]
On November 1, 2016, U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers, released its 2017 list of Best Law Firms. D. Scott Crook Law, PC, the predecessor firm to Crook & Taylor Law PLLC, was named as a Utah Metropolitan Tier 1 Firm in the area of “Litigation – Labor & Employment.” Firms included in the […]
Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease *Razo v. Colvin (10th Cir., October 21, 2016) (affirming denial of disability benefits and supplemental income because the ALJ properly addressed Razo’s impairments and the opinions of the treating physician and the vocational expert) *Shelton v. Colvin (10th Cir., October 18, 2016) (affirming denial of disability benefits and supplemental income: […]
Discrimination/Retaliation*Rusk v. State of Utah (10th Cir., October 26, 2016) (affirming dismissal of Rusk’s discrimination/retaliation claim as barred by sovereign immunity)*Cases marked with an asterisk are cases the 10th Circuit does not consider binding precedent except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. They may be cited, however, for […]
Discrimination/Retaliation*Ayalla v. U.S. Postmaster General (10th Cir., October 12, 2016) (affirming dismissal of Ayalla’s claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Equal Pay Act, for failure to state a claim)Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease*Kirkpatrick v. Colvin (10th Cir., October 11, 2016)(affirming denial of disability benefits because Kirkpatrick failed to show that his RFC […]
Discrimination/Retaliation*Tilghman v. Kirby (10th Cir., October 7, 2016) (affirming grants of summary judgment in favor of Kirby and Comanche County on Tilghman’s section 1983, sexual harassment, and retaliation)Labor Unions*Denton v. Yancey (10th Cir., October 3, 2016) (affirming summary judgment in favor of defendants on Denton’s free speech and association claims)Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease*Paulek v. […]
