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Smith v. The Waukegan Park Dist.

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a retaliatory discharge action, dismissal of the complaint is reversed where local public entities do not have immunity from claims that employees...

Livick v. Gillette Co.

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a dispute over the amount of an employee's pension benefit under an employee benefit plan, summary judgment for employer is affirmed where: 1)...

Lewis v. Sch. Dist. #70

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Education Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against an employer and officers of the employer alleging violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act as well as state contract and tort...

Bradstreet v. Wong

Bankruptcy Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action involving whether defendants, as shareholders, officers, or managing agents of several corporations may be held personally liable for...

B&G Mining, Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers' Comp. Programs

Attorney's Fees, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a black-lung benefits case in which the claimant received an award of benefits against his employer-mining company and its insurer, awards of...

Bass v. Potter

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
The willfulness standard set forth in Laughlin v. Richland Shoe Co., 486 U.S. 128 (1988), wherein a plaintiff must show that "the employer either knew...

Thompson v. Coca Cola Co.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action involving an employee who was allegedly terminated for taking an unauthorized vacation without giving proper prior notice, summary...

Philadelphia Marine Trade Ass'n-Int'l Longshoremen's Ass'n Pension Fund v. Comm'r of IRS

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
In an action arising from an IRS imposition of a tax penalty and collection thereof by a levy on a trust fund's assets, summary judgment for IRS is...

Maes v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of Social Security disability insurance benefits for plaintiff is remanded for further proceedings where: 1) the evidence considered by the ALJ...

Zimmer v. Cooperneff Advisors, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of a motion to compel arbitration on grounds that the arbitration clause in an employment agreement was unconscionable and employer had waived...