Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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A076872
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Flannery v. California Highway Patrol
Fee award in action under California Fair Employment and Housing Act is governed by state law. |
Employment Law |
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May 21, 1999 | |
96-16526
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Norman-Bloodsaw v. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Employer violates employee's right to privacy by non-consensually retrieving unrevealed medical information from routine health examination. |
Employment Law |
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May 21, 1999 | |
A071528
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The Application Group Inc. v. The Hunter Group Inc.
California law applies to covenant not to compete between in-state employer recruiting nonresident for employment. |
Employment Law |
|
May 20, 1999 | |
97-17370
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Burrell v. Starr Nursery Inc.
Summary judgment is improper where presumption of employer's vicarious liability, for supervisor's act of sexual harassment, isn't overcome. |
Employment Law |
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May 20, 1999 | |
98-1466
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Aziz v. University of Colorado
Order |
Employment Law |
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May 18, 1999 | |
98-3100
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McDowell v. Farmland Industries Inc.
Order |
Employment Law |
|
May 18, 1999 | |
A068499
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Weeks v. Baker & McKenzie
Employers needn't fire harassers, but must take reasonable steps to prevent harassment. |
Employment Law |
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May 11, 1999 | |
D025595
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Trujillo v. North County Transit District
Employer isn't liable for failing to prevent discrimination or harassment if no discrimination or harassment occurred. |
Employment Law |
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May 10, 1999 | |
F025848 and F026374
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Guthrey v. State of California
Frivolous gender discrimination action warrants award of attorney fees to defendants in trial and appellate courts. |
Employment Law |
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May 10, 1999 | |
98-0082
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Reavis v. The Industrial Commission of Arizona
Equal measure rule is not applicable in obtaining disability benefits outside the statutory compensable range. |
Employment Law |
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May 9, 1999 | |
97-2380
|
Gonzales v. Hernandez
Retaliation claim is not barred by prior state court judgment. |
Employment Law |
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May 6, 1999 | |
98-3058
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Nicholson v. The Boeing Company
Order |
Employment Law |
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May 4, 1999 | |
98-6284
|
McVarish v. New Horizons Community Counseling
Order |
Employment Law |
|
May 4, 1999 | |
98-1206
|
Nowick v. Strickland
Order |
Employment Law |
|
May 2, 1999 | |
D028873
|
Kinney v. United Healthcare Services Inc.
Arbitration clause unconscionable and unenforceable if it lacks mutuality and allows no opportunity for employee to negotiate terms. |
Employment Law |
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Apr. 28, 1999 | |
98-15071 and 98-15153
|
Deegan v. Continental Casualty Company
Determination of whether individual is disabled within Employee Retirement Income Security Act is factual question. |
Employment Law |
|
Apr. 26, 1999 | |
97-55607
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Adcock v. Chrysler Corporation
Contemplated car-franchise agreement doesn't create employment relationship protected by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. |
Employment Law |
|
Apr. 26, 1999 | |
97-0261
|
Hall v. Hill Refrigeration Inc.
Amendments to pension and health plan by union and employer representatives without union ratification doesn't violate ERISA despite representatives' dual role as plan trustees. |
Employment Law |
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Apr. 25, 1999 | |
98-1049
|
Jackson v. University of Colorado Hospital Authority
Order |
Employment Law |
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Apr. 21, 1999 | |
97-1868
|
UNUM Life Insurance Co. of America v. Ward
Employee Retirement Income Security Act doesn't pre-empt state 'notice-prejudice rule' because it's a law that regulates insurance. |
Employment Law |
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Apr. 20, 1999 | |
97-3388
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Anderson v. General Motors Corporation
Order |
Employment Law |
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Apr. 20, 1999 | |
97-35375
|
Kennedy v. U.S. Postal Service
Postal workers may not file employment-related claims under Federal Tort Claims Act. |
Employment Law |
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Apr. 19, 1999 | |
98-5223
|
Horner v. Income Producing Management of Oklahoma Inc.
Order |
Employment Law |
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Apr. 15, 1999 | |
98-2315
|
Abell v. Babbitt
Order |
Employment Law |
|
Apr. 15, 1999 | |
A075459
|
Cruey v. Gannett Co.
Fired employee has no evidence of agreement not to terminate except for good cause. |
Employment Law |
|
Apr. 14, 1999 | |
A068499
|
Weeks v. Baker & McKenzie et al.
Employers needn't fire harassers, but must take reasonable steps to prevent harassment. |
Employment Law |
|
Apr. 14, 1999 | |
B112558
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Kolani v. Gluska
Broad covenant not to compete can't be saved from illegality by judicially narrowed construction. |
Employment Law |
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Apr. 14, 1999 | |
97-1472
|
Haddle v. Garrison
Loss of at-will employment is an injury under federal statute protecting federal witnesses from coercion. |
Employment Law |
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Apr. 13, 1999 | |
97-689
|
Geissal v. Moore Medical Corp.
Employer can't deny continuation coverage because beneficiary has other group health coverage at time of election. |
Employment Law |
|
Apr. 13, 1999 | |
S069780
|
Lai v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
An employer is strictly liable for the acts of its supervisory employees. |
Employment Law |
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Apr. 13, 1999 |