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Adams v. Suozzi

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving defendant county's "lag payroll" procedure on plaintiffs' paychecks, summary judgment for plaintiffs is reversed as: 1) defendants...

Byars v. The Coca-Cola Co.

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action to recover benefits under employer's long-term disability plan, part of the judgment against defendants fixing amount of "own occupation"...

Hastings v. Wilson

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a class action suit brought by former Northwest Airlines (NWA) employees against alleged fiduciaries of two separate NWA pension plans claiming...

Trustees of the Graphic Communications Int'l Union Health and Welfare Plan v. Bjorkedal

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In trustees' ERISA action against shareholders of a company arising after the company stopped making contributions to a fund that provided health and...

Newton v. Clinical Reference Lab., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Gaming Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against a clinical laboratory, a medical review officer, and the review officer's employer, alleging plaintiff lost her job due to the...

Davis v. McKinney

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by plaintiff under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for retaliatory discharge in violation of the First Amendment, denial of defendant's...

Tubergen v. St. Vincent Hosp. & Health Care Ctr., Inc.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a physician alleging that defendant fired him because of his age, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where plaintiff failed to...

Cintas Corp. v. Perry

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that defendant violated non-competition, non-solicitation, and non-disclosure provisions of his employment agreement when he left...

Warren v. Solo Cup Co.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that a company compensated plaintiff's male coworker at a higher hourly rate based on his gender, summary judgment for...

Ximines v. George Wingate High Sch.

Labor & Employment Law
In ADEA suit by a math teacher alleging failure to promote and retaliation, dismissal of complaint is vacated in part where the EEOC charge was...