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Schreiber v. K-Sea Transp. Corp.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case where seaman's agreement to arbitrate his Jones Act claim against his employer, made after the seaman was injured, such post-injury...

White v. Continental Cas. Co.

Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
The definition of "total disability" in a disability income policy is not ambiguous and plaintiff failed to establish his entitlement to benefits...

Mokler v. County of Orange

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
After jury found that defendant county terminated plaintiff in violation of California's whistleblower statute, and that individual defendant sexually...

Engle v. Copenbarger & Copenbarger

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In suit alleging sex discrimination and where plaintiff accepted a statutory offer to compromise that said nothing about fees or costs, denial of...

City of L.A. v. WCAB

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Decision finding respondent entitled to death benefits since her husband's death arose out of and in the course of employment is reversed where...

Abhe & Svoboda, Inc. v. Chao

Contracts, Government Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In challenges by a government contractor to the withholding of contract payment for violation of the Davis-Bacon Act, dismissal of claims of estoppel,...

Segar v. Mukasey

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In ongoing Title VII racial discrimination action, injunction barring appellant Drug Enforcement Administration from promoting any special agents, who...

Vanieken-Ryals v. Office of Personnel Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A denial of former Veterans Administration employee's application for disability retirement benefits is reversed and remanded as the Office of...

Cash v. Cycle Craft Co.

Labor & Employment Law
In employment dispute over overtime, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed as plaintiff was an exempt employee not entitled to overtime under the...

Reid v. Merit Sys. Protection Bd.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a financial economist in the Federal Transit Administration claiming that she had been subject to adverse personnel actions...