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Lanz v. WCAB

Administrative Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The decision of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) denying the application for workers' compensation benefits, brought by the dependents...

Hall v. Rite Aid Corp.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action in which plaintiff alleges that defendant-employer did not provide seats to employees while the employees were operating cash...

Climent-Garcia v. Autoridad de Transporte

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for plaintiff in a suit alleging adverse employment action and a failure to hire on account of sex is affirmed, where: 1) defendant-employer...

Kesner v. Superior Court (Pneumo Abex LLC)

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability
In an action to recover damages against defendant for mesothelioma plaintiff contracted, allegedly due in part to his exposure, while present in his...

Tiri v. Lucky Chances, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
The trial court's order denying defendant-employer's motion to compel arbitration of plaintiff's wrongful discharge claim is reversed and remanded,...

Boyer-Liberto v. Fontainebleau Corporation

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer on plaintiff's claims alleging racial discrimination and retaliation, in violation of Title VII of the Civil...

Webb-Weber v. Community Action for Human Services, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
A complaint under Labor Law section 740(2), the whistleblower statute, alleging a retaliatory personnel action because an employee discloses an...

Feldman v. Law Enforcement Associates

Corp. Governance, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendants on plaintiff's claims that he was unlawfully terminated from his employment in retaliation for protected...

Lopez-Munoz v. Triple-S Salud, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of an action asserting local law claims for damages arising out of defendant-health insurer's refusal to cover plaintiff's lap band medical...

Carmona v. Lincoln Millennium Car Wash

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a putative class action alleging wage and hour violations, the trial court's order denying defendants' petition to compel arbitration is affirmed,...