all - Opinion Summaries

Butts v. Board of Trustees

Administrative Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for defendant-employer on plaintiff's claims of discrimination and retaliation is: 1) reversed in part, where the trial court erred in...

Wolfe v. BNSF Railway Company

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-railway in an action brought by plaintiff-employee alleging railway mismanagement and misconduct is: 1)...

Newman v. Advanced Technology

Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer in plaintiffs' action claiming overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act is reversed and remanded,...

Perez v. USDC (State of Washington Department of Social and Health Servs.)

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In the US Department of Labor Secretary's action against the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) alleging violations of...

Diaz-Carrasquillo v. Garcia-Padilla

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an interlocutory appeal from a preliminary injunction issued in favor of plaintiff, who sued the Governor of Puerto Rico and other officials for...

Gonzalez-Rios v. Hewlett Packard PR Co.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of a former employee's lawsuit seeking disability benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is affirmed where...

Global Hawk Ins. Co. v. Le

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation, Workers' Compensation
In an suit brought by a truck driver who sustained injuries in an accident during a cross-country trip, summary judgment in favor of employer's...

Rivera-Diaz v. Humana Health Plans of Puerto Rico

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's action against defendant-former employer alleging claims of discrimination and retaliation under the Americans with...

Cunningham v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action for breach of contract, in which plaintiff alleges that defendant-former employer, the government, disclosed details about him to another...