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McCarty v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action to receive disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income, an appeal from a decision affirming a denial of benefits is...

In re: Mut. Funds Inv. Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Cashed-out former employees remain "participants" in defined contribution retirement plans for purposes of section 502(a)(2) of ERISA when they seek...

Wingate v. Gage County School District, No. 34

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In a teacher's lawsuit alleging age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), as well as First Amendment violations...

West v. Local 710, Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters Pension Plan

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an action arising after ERISA plan administrators determined that employee-plaintiff was not entitled to full pension benefits, summary judgment...

In re BCBG Overtime Cases

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a consolidated appeal reviewing a trial court's grant of a motion to strike allegations in a purported class action suit, the court of appeals...

General Electric Co. v. Moritz

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a premises liability action brought by an independent contractor's employee, reversal of summary judgment for defendant is reversed and the court...

Berg v. Albany Ladder Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Workers' Compensation
The protections of Labor Law section 240(1) do not apply to every worker who falls and is injured at a construction site. In a case involving a...

Stern v. Wheaton-Warrenville Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. 200

Government Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant in a suit seeking injunctive relief from defendant's denial of plaintiff's requests for the superintendent's...

Phillips v. Prairie Eye Ctr.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a lawsuit brought by a Massachusetts plaintiff claiming defendant breached an alleged employment contract entered in and for a job in Illinois,...

Kahn v. Dept. of Justice

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that plaintiff's transfer from South Carolina to an Atlanta Field Division of the DEA was in retaliation for making protected...