all - Opinion Summaries

Dewitt v. Proctor Hosp.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against a hospital alleging multiple forms of discrimination, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed in part and reversed in part where:...

Hamilton v. Standard Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case arising after defendant reduced the amount of death benefits paid to plaintiff under a group insurance policy providing coverage for her...

Fed. Express Corp. v. Holowecki

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an Age Discrimination in Employment Act case involving the question of whether Fed Ex courier's filing of an intake questionnaire and affidavit...

Krauss v. Oxford Health Plans, Inc.

Civil Rights, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In action against health insurance plans alleging violations of ERISA and the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act, summary judgment for defendants is...

Baird v. Dep't of the Army

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
A decision sustaining petitioner's removal from her position as a psychiatric nursing assistant at an Army hospital is vacated where an administrative...

Eungard v. Open Solutions, Inc.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a plaintiff-salesman seeking commissions on products and services ordered by a client on the same day plaintiff was fired,...

Sprint/United Mgmt. Co. v. Mendelsohn

Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an age discrimination case brought under 29 U. S. C. section 621 et seq., in which the district court excluded testimony by nonparties alleging...

Rolon v. Henneman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case principally concerning immunity of defendant, an acting police chief, for offering allegedly perjurious testimony at police disciplinary...

Serv. Employees Int'l Union v. Colcord

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In action for breach of fiduciary duty for secretly organizing a campaign to decertify a collective bargaining agent, judgment for compensatory and...

Chavez v. City of LA

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In action for statutory retaliation against employer and supervisor where plaintiff was awarded five-figure verdict, denial of high six-figure...