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Collazo v. Nicholson

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought against defendant-employer alleging discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), summary judgment...

In re: Citigroup, Inc. Capital Accumulation Plan Litig.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In an action challenging Citigroup's Capital Accumulation Plan, which gives certain employees the option of receiving part of their compensation as...

Caskey v. Colgate-Palmolive Co.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a discrimination suit brought by a terminated employee, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff did not produce evidence...

Pakovich v. Broadspire Servs. Inc.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA suit challenging defendant-plan administrator's denial of long term disability benefits, summary judgment for defendants finding that...

Carmickle v. Comm'r, Soc. Sec. Admin.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A denial of Social Security Disability Insurance benefits claimed to be due primarily to a back injury caused by a 2001 on-the-job accident is...

Heaton v. Weitz Co., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action alleging plaintiff was retaliated against by his employer in violation of Title VII, judgment and awards pursuant to a jury verdict in...

Garcia v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an engineer's Title VII suit alleging the termination of her employment was motivated by gender discrimination and not, as defendant-employer said,...

Magallanes v. Ill. Bell Tel. Co.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of an employment-discrimination suit because the parties had settled is reversed where defendant-employer did not meet its burden to prove...

Cox v. Ocean View Hotel Corp.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination case involving an employment agreement containing a mandatory arbitration clause, denial of defendant-employer's...

Lopez v. Imperial Cty. Sheriff

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a case arising after respondent terminated appellants from their jobs as correctional sergeants, judgment remanding matter to the Employee Appeals...