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United Steel, Paper & Forestry etc. v. Shell Oil Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a class action brought by a union and current and former employees against Shell Oil and others alleging wage, pay, and labor law violations,...

Larner v. Los Angeles Doctors Hosp. Assoc., LP

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against former hospital employer for violation of overtime laws, appeal from summary judgment in favor of defendant and denial of class...

AutoZone, Inc. v. Reyes

Civil Rights, Elder Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an age-discrimination suit, jury verdict for plaintiff is reversed where: 1) the statements of a store manager were not evidence that age was a...

In re Gen. Elec. Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a mesothelioma suit alleging liability on the part of asbestos producers, petition for writ of mandamus reversing the denial of defendants' motions...

In re GlobalSantaFe Corp.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employee's suit alleging injuries from exposure to asbestos and silica while working on a vessel, petition for writ of mandamus directing the...

Tverberg v. Fillner Constr.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a personal injury action against general contractor for negligence, premises liability, and loss of consortium, summary judgment for defendant is...

Am. Ctr. for Int'l Labor Solidarity v. Fed. Ins. Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by an insured for reimbursement of the costs of settling with its employee, who had brought an employment-discrimination suit against...

Love Korean Church v. Chertoff

Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
Revocation of a visa petition filed by a church on behalf its choir director is vacated and remanded where the revocation rested on an interpretation...

Int'l B'hood of Elec. Workers v. Citizens Telecomm. Co. of California

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In union's action claiming that respondent-employer had violated a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) by reducing employee retirement benefits,...

Kellogg v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming plaintiff was wrongly denied accidental death and dismemberment benefits under an employee welfare benefit plan regulated by...