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Alexander v. CareSource

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where Plaintiff failed to submit adequate evidence in the form...

Upshaw v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action claiming that Defendant failed to promote Plaintiff on the basis of her race and sex, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed...

Mueller v. County of LA

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for whistleblower retaliation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and conducting a negligent investigation into complaints of...

Aldana v. Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that defendant caused the torture of plaintiffs based on their leadership of a Guatemalan national labor union, dismissal of the...

Van Asdale v. Int'l. Game Tech.

Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In an action under the whistleblower-protection provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for wrongful discharge, summary judgment for Defendants is...

Diaz v. Comm'r of Social Security

Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute involving a denial of Social Security disability insurance benefits, district court judgment is vacated and remanded where the ALJ...

Fry v. Exelon Corp. Cash Balance Pension Plan

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Motion by the AARP and the Pension Rights Center to reconsider the denial of leave to participate as amici curiae is denied where Fed. R. App. P....

Sensing v. Outback Steakhouse of Florida, LLC

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where: 1) plaintiff established a prima facie case of...

Holcomb v. UNUM Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action challenging defendant's decision to deny plaintiff long-term disability benefits, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed where...

Calhoun v. US Dep't of Labor

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a petition for review of the Department of Labor's determination that petitioner's employer did not discharge him for complaining about violations...