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Barton v. Khan

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In suit for breach of fiduciary duty and Labor Code violations, sustaining of demurrer is reversed where the trial court erred in refusing to accept...

Global Horizons, Inc. v. US Dep't of Labor

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action brought by a labor contractor that provides temporary alien agricultural workers to U.S. farmers pursuant to the H-2A worker program,...

Downey v. Strain

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action claiming that defendant-sheriff violated plaintiff's rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), judgment pursuant a jury...

Fung v. Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Workers' Compensation
In consolidated negligence action brought by employee of defendant Port Authority for injuries suffered in slip on fall on a patch of ice in parking...

Frantz v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of a claim for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act is reversed where: 1) the ALJ erred in improperly analyzing the...

Casella v. SouthWest Dealer Servs., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In suit alleging wrongful termination in violation of public policy, fraud, and fraudulent inducement of employment related to plaintiff's...

Mitri v. Arnel Mgmt. Co.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In suit against former employer and supervisors for sexual discrimination and harassment, denial of motion to compel arbitration of plaintiffs' claims...

Cambridge v. Mercury Partners 90 BI, Inc.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for attorney fees and punitive damages incurred in seeking legal enforcement of a contractual covenant not to compete, directed verdict...

Sarnowski v. Air Brooke Limousine, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a former service manager against a limousine company alleging that plaintiff's termination violated the Family Medical Leave...

Plumbers & Steamfitters, Local 290 v. Duncan

Attorney's Fees, Construction, Government Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Ruling that renovation of a building was a public works project under California's prevailing wage law and award of attorney's fees to plaintiff is...