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Singh v. City of New York

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The mere carrying of inspection documents without any other active employment related responsibilities while commuting is not work under the Fair...

Woods v. Union Pac. R.R. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a negligence action filed under the Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) and the Federal Safety Appliance Act (SAA), grant of a directed verdict...

Davis v. Advocate Health Center Patient Care Express

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In light of the plain language of 38 U.S.C. section 4323(h)(1) and Congress's intent, in the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act...

Kirschbaum vs. Reliant Energy, Inc.

Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
Certification of a class and grant of corporate defendants' motion for summary judgment on all claims related to plaintiff-employee's ERISA class...

Soto v. County of Riverside

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a fee dispute action wherein a Memorandum of Understanding between plaintiff's union and county-employer contained a "cost-sharing provision" which...

State of California v. Hamby

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Employees of a public agency, acting in the course and scope of their employment, and solely on an agency's behalf, are not proper defendants for suit...

Sanatass v. Consol. Investing Co., Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A property owner is liable for a violation of Labor Law section 240(1) which proximately caused injury to a worker, even though a tenant of the...

Ramos-Santiago v. UPS

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In proceedings arising from the termination of a UPS driver due to his failure to deliver 37 packages over two business days, wherein the dispute was...

Davignon v. Hodgson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action involving allegations that a sheriff's act of suspending several correctional officers from their jobs was in retaliation for First...

NLRB v. Goya Foods of Florida

Administrative Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Petition for enforcement of a NLRB affirmative bargaining order on respondent-employer is granted where: 1) ample evidence supported the Board's...