Discrimination/Retaliation*Smith v. Sprint/United Management Company (10th Cir., December 1, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Sprint on Smith’s racial discrimination and retaliation claims: he failed to establish a prima facie claim of Title VII discrimination and failed to show that Sprint’s nondiscriminatory reason for terminating his was pretextual)Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and DiseasePetersen v. Utah […]
Discrimination/Retaliation*Villecco v. Vail Resorts, Inc. (10th Cir., August 27, 2017) (affirming dismissal of Villecco’s employment discrimination claim for failure to prosecute his claim, and subsequent denial of FRCP 60(b) motion for relief)*Webster v. Shulkin (10th Cir., August 31, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Shulkin and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs on Webster’s age-discrimination and […]
Discrimination/Retaliation*Coyle v. Jackson (10th Cir., July 27, 2017) (affirming dismissal for failure to comply with FRCP Rule 8: plaintiff failed to allege specific in support of his discrimination claims) Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease Quast v. Utah Labor Commission (Utah, July 25, 2017) (reversing award of total disability because the Court of Appeals misstated the […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Craine v. National Science Foundation (10th Cir., April 26, 2017) (denying Craine’s petition for review: his disclosures, as a former employee of Kansas State University, did not fall within the whistleblower protections of 41 U.S.C. ss. 4712) *Jackson v. The Education and Employment Ministry (10th Cir., April 27, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor […]
WagesCompton v. Houston Casualty Company (Utah, March 23, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Houston Casualty because the policy at issue only applies when an a real estate agent provides services “for a fee”; here, however, the employee agent was not acting for a fee)
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 Brenner v. Department of Workforce Services (Utah Ct. App., April 28, 2016) (affirming Workforce Appeals Board determination that Brenner had been discharged for just cause was supported by substantial evidence) Needle v. Department of Workforce Services (Utah Ct. App., April 28, 2016) (affirming determination that Needle’s “program advocates” are employees rather than independent […]
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 […]
Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination *Kreso v. McDonald (10th Cir.,November 12, 2015) (affirming district court’s refusal to overturn Veteran’s Affairs Disciplinary Appeals Board’s termination of Kreso’s employment) Discrimination & Retaliation *Cory v. City of Basehor (10th Cir.,November 12, 2015) (upholding summary judgment against Cory on his claim that the city terminated him as a police officer in retaliation for exercising his […]
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 […]
