Discrimination~Retaliation *Bisconte v. Sandia National Laboratories (10th Cir., August 31, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Sandia on Bisconte’s state law claims claims for discrimination and retaliation: Sandia operates predominately on an air force base in a federal enclave; Bisconte’s claims rely on state law adopted after the enclave was created, and are thus […]
Discrimination~Retaliation *Gabriel v. Trans Am Trucking Co. (10th Cir., August 25, 2022) (affirming dismissal of Gabriel’s complaint under the ADA and motion to recuse: The complaint was incomprehensible, and Gabriel showed no viable evidence of bias) Ford v. Jackson National Life Insurance Co. (10th Cir., August 23, 2022) (affirming dismissal of Ford’s discrimination claim, but […]
Contract~Noncompete~Trade Secrets~Wrongful Termination *Parmenter v. City of Nowata (10th Cir., August 19, 2022) (reversing summary judgment in favor of Nowata on Parmenter’s claim that the city denied him procedural due process, and remanding for determination as to whether Parmenter had a protected interest in his position and, if so, whether hereceived appropriate process) *LS3, Inc. […]
Discrimination~Retaliation *Nortey v. St. John Medical Center, Inc. (10th Cir., August 11, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of St. John on Nortey’s discrimination, retaliation, and other claims: Nortey’s only claims on appeal—that the judge was biased and that St. John’s counsel improperly deposed her while her cognition was impaired—were not presented below and could […]
Discrimination~Retaliation *Cox v. Dex Media, Inc. (10th Cir., August 3, 2022) (affirming arbitration award in favor of Cox on her age discrimination in employment claim: the arbitrator did not disregard appropriate law and complied with the arbitration agreement) Cruz v. Farmers Insurance Exchange (10th Cir., August 3, 2022) (reversing summary judgment in favor of Farmers […]
Discrimination~Retaliation *Martin v. Public Service Company of Colorado (10th Cir., July 28, 2022) (affirming judgment in favor of defendant on Martin’s race- and sex-discrimination claims: Martin failed to demonstrate that the trial court abused its discretion in giving the statute-of-limitation instruction to the jury) *Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under […]
Contract ~ Noncompete ~ Trade Secret ~ Wrongful Termination General Water Technologies, Inc., v. Van Zweden (Utah Ct. App., July 14, 2022) (affirming jury determination that defendants were liable for misappropriation of trade secret design of water-filtration system, but reversing its determination of liability for misappropriation of secret pricing information) Discrimination ~ Retaliation *Drevaleva v. […]
Discrimination ~ Retaliation *Cummings v. American Postal Worker’s Union (10th Cir., June 17, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Union on Cummings’ claims for race and age discrimination: She failed to establish that the USPS had violated the collective bargaining agreement or that it’s reasons for her termination were pretextual) *Pegler v. Doug Smith […]
Discrimination~Retaliation Tucker v. Faith Bible Chapel International (10th Cir., June 7, 2022) (dismissing, for lack of jurisdiction, Faith Bible’s interlocutory appeal of Tucker’s claim that he was fired for opposing alleged race discrimination at the school: under the “ministerial exception” defense, anti-discrimination laws do not apply to employment disputes between religious employers and their ministers; […]
Discrimination ~ Retaliation *Rushing v. Granholm (10th Cir., May 27, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of the defendants on Rushing’s claims for disability, national-origin, and sexual-orientation discrimination and retaliation for his filing an equal employment opportunity complaint: Rushing failed to present sufficient evidence of an adverse employment action, nor did he demonstrate pretext on […]
