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) […]
Discrimination / Retaliation *Braxton v. Nortek Air Solutions, LLC (10th Cir., April 23, 2019) (affirming summary judgment for Nortek: Plaintiffs could not state a prima facie case for discrimination or retaliation) ERISA Teets v. Great-West Life and Annuity (10th Cir., April 22, 2019) (denying en-banc rehearing: the original holding stands: Great-West does not act as […]
Contract / Noncompetition C.R. England v. Swift Transportation Company (Utah, February 27, 2019) (to prove intentional interference with an employment contract by improper means, based on violation of an established industry standard, the plaintiff must provide evidence of an objective, industry-wide standard) Discrimination / Retaliation *Davis v. BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc. (10th […]
Miscellaneous Salt Lake City v. Kidd (Utah, January 23, 2019) (Kidd failed to preserve or to brief her equal protection or First Amendment claims in connection with her conviction for working as an escort without a license) Wages Cummings v. Dean (10th Cir., January 24, 2019) (reversing denial of qualified immunity to Dean, director of Labor […]
Labor UnionsTeamsters Local 222 v. Utah Transit Authority (Utah, July 9, 2018) (dismissing as moot teamsters’ appeal as to the right to unionize: UTA supervisors voted not to unionize before the district court ever entered final judgment)
Discrimination/Retaliation*Peavy v. Labor Source, LLC (10th Cir., June 26, 2018) (affirming denial of Peavy’s “collateral attack” on dismissal of his discrimination suit from 2015: he presented no fact or law permitting reversal) Labor Unions Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31 (U.S., June 27, 2018) (States and public-sector unions may not […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Christmon v. B&B Airparts, Inc. (10th Cir., May 24, 2018) (affirming summary judgment in favor of B&B on Christmon’s religious discrimination claim: B&B reasonably accommodated Christmon’s beliefs) Labor Unions Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis (U.S., May 21, 2018) (The Federal Arbitration Act mandates that arbitration agreements providing for individual proceedings be enforced as written) […]
Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination Salo v. Tyler (Utah, February 22, 2018) (affirming summary judgment in favor of University of Utah Hospital pharmacy employees on Salo’s defamation and other claims: defendants acted within the scope of their employment: they were engaged in the type of work they were employed to perform and their actions were not willful) […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Campos v. Mantech International Corporation (10th Cir., February 13, 2018) (affirming denial of Rule 60(b) motion for reconsideration: such a motion is not the appropriate way to present arguments that could have been raised previously, nor as a substitute for taking an appeal) *Gatewood v. VA GOV. Compensation (10th Cir., February 13, 2018) (affirming dismissal of […]
Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination Zimmerman v. University of Utah (Utah, January 23, 2018) (notice of termination may be an adverse employment action (independent of actual termination) sufficient to trigger the running of the 180-day filing limitation) Discrimination/Retaliation*Young v. City of Idabel (10th Cir., January 26, 2018) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Idabel: Young failed to show […]
