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Toyota Motor Manufacturing v. Williams
Disability under federal law must substantially limit performance of tasks that are of central importance to daily life.
Employment Law Jan. 14, 2002
Weems v. North Franklin School District
School district employee may be terminated for falsifying records without consideration of remediability.
Employment Law Jan. 14, 2002
Los Angeles Police Protective League v. City of Los Angeles
Police sergeant's only opportunity for review of transfer and pay downgrade is by administrative appeal rather than arbitration.
Employment Law Jan. 11, 2002
Swenson v. Potter
Jury's conclusion that employer's response to allegations of sexual harassment wasn't prompt and adequate wasn't supported by record.
Employment Law Jan. 10, 2002
Davis v. Microsoft Corp.
Employee terminated because he could not work overtime was not subject to disability discrimination.
Employment Law Jan. 10, 2002
Goodwin v. General Motors Corp.
Employer faces trial on charges that African-American employee was paid less than similarly-situated white employees.
Employment Law Jan. 9, 2002
Gunnell v. Metrocolor Laboratories Inc.
Employee injured after employer deliberately exposed him to hazardous chemicals is limited to workers' compensation benefits.
Employment Law Jan. 7, 2002
Birschtein v. New United Motor Manufacturing Inc.
Under circumstances of case, employee's staring at fellow employee may constitute gender-based harassment, therefore summary judgment was improper.
Employment Law Jan. 7, 2002
Watts v. City of Norman
Termination of fire captain for striking subordinate was not pretext for racial discrimination.
Employment Law Jan. 7, 2002
Blinka v. Washington State Bar Association
Employee terminated after providing negative deposition testimony regarding employer failed to establish retaliatory discharge and wrongful termination.
Employment Law Jan. 4, 2002
Sedlacek v. Hillis
Non-disabled employee allegedly terminated because of association with disabled spouse has no state tort claim for wrongful discharge.
Employment Law Dec. 21, 2001
Richards v. CH2M Hill Inc.
Disability discrimination that occurred after one-year deadline is actionable if it is sufficiently similar to unlawful conduct within limitations period.
Employment Law Dec. 20, 2001
Snyder v. Medical Services Corp. of Eastern Washington
Trial court properly dismissed employee's lawsuit against former employer.
Employment Law Dec. 18, 2001
McCowan v. All Star Maintenance Inc.
Workers of Mexican origin complaining of racial epithets may bring discrimination claim.
Employment Law Dec. 10, 2001
Aquilino v. University of Kansas
Removal from dissertation committee did not constitute adverse employment action after professor's tenure was already denied.
Employment Law Dec. 6, 2001
Costa v. Desert Palace Inc.
Without substantial evidence of discriminatory animus by employer, court may not give mixed-motive instruction to jury in wrongful termination case.
Employment Law Dec. 6, 2001
Cooper v. Central & Southwest Services
Termination of employee while receiving temporary total disability is violation of Oklahoma's Workers' Compensation Act.
Employment Law Dec. 4, 2001
Thiessen v. General Electric Capital Corp.
District court abuses discretion in decertifying class and dismissing individual claims of age discrimination.
Employment Law Nov. 29, 2001
Tinjum v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
Diabetic truck driver's discrimination claim not entitled to summary judgment because he fails to show job solely involved intrastate commerce.
Employment Law Nov. 21, 2001
Robinson v. City and County of Denver
Success of hostile work environment claim depends on totality of circumstances.
Employment Law Nov. 20, 2001
Michael v. Riverside Cement Company Pension Plan
ERISA violation is found where pension plan amendment reduced early retirement payments.
Employment Law Nov. 19, 2001
Baldwin v. Trailer Inns Inc.
Court correctly grants summary judgment for employer on employees' overtime claim under federal act, but summary judgment improper on contract breach claim.
Employment Law Nov. 19, 2001
Regula v. Delta Family-Care Disability Survivorship Plan
Court should've determined whether ERISA plan had conflict of interest before applying deferential standard of review to plan's decision to discontinue benefits.
Employment Law Nov. 19, 2001
U.S. Postal Service v. Gregory
Merit Systems Protection Board may independently review pending discipline against employee to determine if current discipline is reasonable.
Employment Law Nov. 18, 2001
Stahl v. Delicor of Puget Sound
Driver of delivery truck is not exempt from overtime requirements of state minimum wage law.
Employment Law Nov. 15, 2001
Mitchell v. Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals
Veteran with minimal qualifications was not entitled to employment preference.
Employment Law Nov. 15, 2001
Mathews v. The Denver Post
Disabled employee was not qualified for job because he could not perform its essential functions.
Employment Law Nov. 13, 2001
Southern California Gas Co. v. Utility Workers Union of America, Local 132, AFL-CIO
Court affirms arbitrator's order that employer must reinstate employees who failed federally mandated drug tests because results were reviewed by imposter physician.
Employment Law Nov. 13, 2001
Rodriguez v. Airborne Express
Lawsuit is dismissed because plaintiff failed to exhaust administrative remedies by not filing timely charge with Department of Fair Employment and Housing.
Employment Law Nov. 13, 2001
Rosenman v. Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro
Employer who successfully defended against discrimination suit is not entitled to attorney fee award unless employee's claim was frivolous.
Employment Law Nov. 12, 2001