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Tayag v. Lahey Clinic Hosp., Inc.

Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a terminated employee alleging that her termination violated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), summary judgment in...

United Automobile, Aerospace, Ag. Implement Workers of Am. Int'l Union v. Fortuno

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against Governor Luis A. Fortuno and a number of other Puerto Rico government officials, brought by a collection of labor organizations and...

Barbour v. Int'l Union

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by former employees of Chrysler against several labor unions alleging state claims of negligent misrepresentation, which was removed to...

Smith v. Dunmore

Labor & Employment Law, Civil Rights, Government Law
Grant of summary judgment against a firefighter on his due process claims under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 are vacated and remanded for consideration of...

Miller v. American Airlines, Inc.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a suit brought by a pilot alleging a violation of section 502(a)(1)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C....

DuPerry v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
District court order granting judgment to worker on her claim that benefits plan administrator wrongly denied her longterm disability (LTD) benefits...

Monterey/Santa Cruz Bldg. and Constr. Trades Council v. Cypress Marina Heights, LP

Construction, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs, a finding that it was undisputed that CMH was required to pay the prevailing wage on...

Int'l Assn. of Fire Fighters v. Pub. Employment Relations Bd.

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a firefighters union, the lower courts' decision, that no unfair labor practice had occurred when the City of Richmond decided...

Cortez v. Abich

Construction, Labor & Employment Law
Under the plain language of the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973, work rendered on a residential remodeling project in which...

Thompson v. N. Am. Stainless, LP

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by a man claiming he was fired by his employer in retaliation for his fiancee's filing of...