Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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00-1089
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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 |
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Jan. 14, 2002 | |
19024-2
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Weems v. North Franklin School District
School district employee may be terminated for falsifying records without consideration of remediability. |
Employment Law |
|
Jan. 14, 2002 | |
B146712
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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 |
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Jan. 11, 2002 | |
98-16799
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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 | |
47887-7
|
Davis v. Microsoft Corp.
Employee terminated because he could not work overtime was not subject to disability discrimination. |
Employment Law |
|
Jan. 10, 2002 | |
01-3019
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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 | |
B135121
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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 | |
A090680
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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 |
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Jan. 7, 2002 | |
00-6208
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Watts v. City of Norman
Termination of fire captain for striking subordinate was not pretext for racial discrimination. |
Employment Law |
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Jan. 7, 2002 | |
46715-8
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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 |
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Jan. 4, 2002 | |
70254-3
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Sedlacek v. Hillis
Non-disabled employee allegedly terminated because of association with disabled spouse has no state tort claim for wrongful discharge. |
Employment Law |
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Dec. 21, 2001 | |
S087484
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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 |
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Dec. 20, 2001 | |
69091-0
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Snyder v. Medical Services Corp. of Eastern Washington
Trial court properly dismissed employee's lawsuit against former employer. |
Employment Law |
|
Dec. 18, 2001 | |
00-2040
|
McCowan v. All Star Maintenance Inc.
Workers of Mexican origin complaining of racial epithets may bring discrimination claim. |
Employment Law |
|
Dec. 10, 2001 | |
00-3150
|
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 | |
99-15645
|
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 |
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Dec. 6, 2001 | |
00-5168
|
Cooper v. Central & Southwest Services
Termination of employee while receiving temporary total disability is violation of Oklahoma's Workers' Compensation Act. |
Employment Law |
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Dec. 4, 2001 | |
98-3208
|
Thiessen v. General Electric Capital Corp.
District court abuses discretion in decertifying class and dismissing individual claims of age discrimination. |
Employment Law |
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Nov. 29, 2001 | |
46976-2
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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 | |
98CA2566
|
Robinson v. City and County of Denver
Success of hostile work environment claim depends on totality of circumstances. |
Employment Law |
|
Nov. 20, 2001 | |
99-55519
|
Michael v. Riverside Cement Company Pension Plan
ERISA violation is found where pension plan amendment reduced early retirement payments. |
Employment Law |
|
Nov. 19, 2001 | |
00-35412
|
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 | |
98-55853
|
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 | |
00-758
|
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 | |
47839-7
|
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 | |
46991-6
|
Mitchell v. Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals
Veteran with minimal qualifications was not entitled to employment preference. |
Employment Law |
|
Nov. 15, 2001 | |
99-1329
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Mathews v. The Denver Post
Disabled employee was not qualified for job because he could not perform its essential functions. |
Employment Law |
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Nov. 13, 2001 | |
98-56842
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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 |
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Nov. 13, 2001 | |
99-17350
|
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 |
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Nov. 13, 2001 | |
B131078
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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 |
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Nov. 12, 2001 |