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abused its discretion in giving the statute-of-limitation instruction to the jury) *Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under […]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 *Atlas Biologicals, Inc., v. Kutrubes (10th Cir., July 21, 2022) (affirming award in favor of Atlas on its various claims, including misappropriation of trade secrets: the district court did not clearly err in finding liability) Discrimination~Retaliation *Casias v. Raytheon Company (10th Cir., July 20, 2022) (affirming […]
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. […]
Public Employers ~ Employees Hunt v. Montano (10th Cir., July 6, 2022) (reversing denial of qualified immunity on child-abuse and wrongful death as to employees of the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department, but reversing and remanding as to two of them to determine whether they had violated clearly established law) *Cases marked with […]
Contract ~ Noncompete ~ Trade Secret ~ Wrongful Termination Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (U.S., June 27, 2022) (reversing summary judgment in favor of the school district on Kennedy’s first-amendment religious-freedom claim: the free-exercise and free-speech clauses of the first amendment protect an individual engaging in a personal religious observance (prayer)from government reprisal; the Constitution […]
