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 […]
Discrimination/Retaliation*Agassounon v. Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc. (10th Cir., April 18, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Defendant on Agassounon’s race, color, national origin, and retaliation claims, because he failed to demonstrate pretext in Jeppesen Sanderson’s laying him off)*Arbogast v. State of Kansas, Dept. of Labor (10th Cir., April 21, 2017) (affirming dismissal of Arbogast’s complaint […]
Discrimination/Retaliation*Henson v. Amerigas Propane, Inc. (10th Cir., March 10, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Amerigas: Henson failed to show Amerigas’s stated reasons for firing him were pretexts for unlawfuldiscrimination and retaliation)ERISA and Employee Pension PlansSEC v. DeYoung (10th Cir., March 9, 2017) (affirming district court approval of a settlement including a bar to […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Chaney v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (10th Cir., February 14, 2017) (affirming dismissal with prejudice for failure to file amended complaint because there was no abuse of discretion, and claims of potential bias were entirely speculative) *Huggins v. Reilly (10th Cir., February 15, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of defendant on inmate Huggins’ s.1983 discrimination and retaliation employment […]
Miscellaneous*Racher v. Lusk (10th Cir., Dec. 30, 2016) (as the highest-ranking employee of the nursing home at issue, Lusk had sufficient contacts with Oklahoma to justify the exercise of personal jurisdiction)United States v. Gonzalez (10th Cir., Dec. 29, 2016) (affirming conviction and sentence of Gonzalez on his defrauding of unemployment agencies in three states by obtaining […]
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 […]
Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination*Kuri v. Matrix Center (10th Cir., May 18, 2016) (affirming dismissal of Kuri’s wrongful termination claim (for termination as a result of alleged methadone theft) for lack of federal jurisdiction)*Freres v. Xyngular (10th Cir., May 18, 2016) (affirming denial of Xyngular’s objecting to Freres’ motion for attorney’s fees following her prevailing at trial […]
Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination Hollenbach v. Salt Lake City Corporation (Utah, April 7, 2016) (reversing Civil Service Commission determination that it lacked jurisdiction over Hollenbach’s termination appeal because filing applies upon mail cancellation)Discrimination/Retaliation*Tuffa v. Flight Services & Systems, Inc. (10th Cir., April 5, 2016) (affirming exclusion of EEOC letter as to possible discrimination in the termination […]
Discrimination/RetaliationTalovic v. Department of Workforce Services (Utah Ct. App., March 10, 2016) (leaving undisturbed the Workforce Appeals Board’s decision denying him unemployment benefits and assessing a fraud overpayment)Unemployment Appeals Winkler v. Department of Workforce Services (Utah Ct. App., March 10, 2016) (leaving undisturbed the Appeals Board’s decision that Winkler was not entitled to benefits and requiring her to […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Herndon v. Best Buy Co., Inc. (10th Cir., December 15, 2015) (affirming dismissal of plaintiff’s claim of retaliatory discharge for hiring a former felon) Unemployment Appeals Martin v. Department of Workforce Services (Utah Ct. App., December 17, 2015) (untimely filed appeal dismissed for lack of jurisdiction) Yudin v. Department of Workforce Services (UtahCt. App., […]
