Miscellaneous *Daniels v. Perez (10th Cir., November 5, 2015) (dismissing as moot claims that the Department of Homeland Security has improperly delegated to the Department of Labor its decision-making responsibility as to the grant or denial of H-2B temporary labor certifications)
Discrimination & Retaliation *McElroy v. American Family Insurance (10th Cir., October 30, 2015) (affirming summary judgment in favor of defendant on McElroy’s hostile work environment and retaliation claims) False Claims *Troxler v. Warren Clinic, Inc. (10th Cir.,October 28, 2015) (affirming dismissal of qui tam claim of fraudulent billing under Rule 12(b)(6)) Miscellaneous *Peavy v. Labor Source, LLC (10th Cir., October 27, 2015)(declining […]
Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease *Rivera v. Colvin (10th Cir., October 20, 2015)(affirming denial of social security benefits) *Pham v. James (10th Cir., October 20, 2015)(affirming dismissal of Pham’s Title VII EEOC claims—workplace harassment based on disability and retaliation—for failure to exhaust his administrative remedies) *Hays v. Colvin (10th Cir., October 22, 2015) (reversing and remanding denial of […]
Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease *Adams v. Colvin (10th Cir., October 15, 2015)(affirming finding of no disability) *Gabriel v. Colorado Mountain Medical, P.C. (10th Cir.,October 13, 2015) (affirming summary judgment against Gabriel on her Family Medical Leave Act claim) *Cases marked with an asterisk are cases the 10th Circuit does not consider binding precedent except […]
Discrimination and Retaliation *Brown v. Lowe’s Home Centers (10th Cir.,October 8, 2015) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Lowe’s on Brown’s racial discrimination claims: disparate treatment, retaliation, and hostile work environment) *Housley v. Spirit Aerosystems, Inc. (10th Cir.,October 9, 2015) (affirming trial court on Housley’s age discrimination (ADEA)claim) *Cases marked with an asterisk are cases […]
Discrimination and Retaliation *Schlecht v. Lockheed Martin Corporation (10th Cir., September 28, 2015) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Lockheed on Schlecht’s disability discrimination claim) Unemployment Gray v. Department of Workforce Services (Utah Ct. App., October1, 2015) (declining to disturb board determination that Gray quit his positionwithout good cause, making him ineligible for unemployment benefits) Workers Compensation/Occupational […]
Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease *Trujillo v. Colvin (10th Cir.,September 24, 2015) (reversing district court affirmation of the ALJ’s denialof social security benefits to Trujillo) Flowell Electric Association, Inc., v. RhodesPump, LLC (Utah S.Ct., September 25, 2015) (reversing grant of summary judgement based onthe presence of unresolved factual issues) Discrimination and Retaliation *Ingila v. Dish Network […]
Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination Ray v. Wal-Mart Stores (Utah S.Ct., September 17, 2015) (answering question certified by the federal district court in the affirmative: “We conclude that the policy favoring the right of self-defense is a public policy of sufficient clarity and weight to qualify as an exception to the at-will employment doctrine,” limited to situations in […]
Discrimination & Retaliation *Arabalo v. City of Denver (10th Cir., September 9, 2015) (affirming district court’s dismissal of Arabalo’s hostile-work-environment claim for failure to exhaust her administrative remedies and summary judgment in favor of Denver) Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination Teufel v. Department of the Army (10th Cir.,September 9, 2015) (dismissing for lack of jurisdiction)*Cases marked with […]
Disability Oliver v. Labor Commission (Utah Ct. App.,September 3, 2015) (setting aside commission denial of permanent totaldisability benefits as based upon incorrect legal standards and allowing the ALJ’s order to stand) Discrimination & Retaliation Zisumbo v. Ogden Regional Medical Center (10th Cir.,September 4, 2015) (affirming Zisumbo’s retaliation award as set by the courtbelow) Workers’ Compensation Helf v. Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. (Utah S.Ct.,September 4, […]
