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Webb-Edwards v. Orange County Sheriff's Office

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant is affirmed over claims that the district court erred in: 1) dismissing claims of sexual harassment on grounds that...

Brooks v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a case considering whether a year of industrial disability leave (IDL) payable to state employees under Government Code 19869-19877.1 falls within...

Harvey v. Sybase, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination case wherein the same person who terminated plaintiff had previously hired and promoted her, the court of appeals...

Zayas v. Bacardi Corp.

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In a case addressing the parameters of the doctrine of industrial double jeopardy in the context of an arbitral award wherein the arbitrator overrode...

Pirlott v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that a union violated its duty of fair representation, petitions for review of an NLRB decision that determined that the union's...

Draim v. Virtual Geosatellite Holdings, Inc.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Patent
In a suit against an employer alleging that the defendant failed to pay plaintiff bonuses upon issuance of certain patents, judgment for plaintiff is...

Abbott Ambulance of Illinois v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of a NLRB order determining that petitioner unlawfully refused to bargain with a union is denied over petitioner's argument that...

Buboltz v. Residential Advantages, Inc.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action instituted by a legally blind former employee for employer's alleged violations of ADA, summary judgment for employer is affirmed where:...

Foster v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a case considering the appropriate application of Labor Code section 4656(c)(1) to situations where multiple independent industrial injuries result...

Foster v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a case considering the appropriate application of Labor Code section 4656(c)(1) to situations where multiple independent industrial injuries result...