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Bakhtiari v. Lutz

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination and civil rights case brought by an Iranian former teaching assistant against a university and its dean, summary...

Millard v. Biosources, Inc.

Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving HVAC subcontractor's employee who was injured after the lights went out on the job, summary judgment for defendant general...

Kannapien v. Quaker Oats Co.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA suit brought by plaintiffs-former employees who accepted a severance package from defendant-Quaker Oats Company and retired, summary...

Doe v. Newbury Bible Church

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In suit alleging that plaintiff was sexually molested as a boy by pastor of defendant church entities, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed as...

Pinkerton v. US Dep't of Educ.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
To establish liability in an employment discrimination action under the ADA, the plaintiff must show that disability played a motivating role in the...

Calderon v. IBEW Local 47

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
Denial of plaintiff's motion to vacate a dismissal for lack of prosecution is reversed where it was an abuse of discretion because plaintiff's counsel...

Harris v. Chand

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by African-American former employee against ADT Security Services for race discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title...

Seawright v. Am. Gen. Fin. Servs., Inc.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal in a state antidiscrimination law and Family and Medical Leave Act case brought by a terminated employee against defendant-employer,...

Sager v. County of Yuba

Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
Trial court's vacating of defendant-county's finding that plaintiff should be retired from her position as a Deputy Sheriff III due to her mental...

Ortega v. Contra Costa Cmty. College Dist.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In suits under FEHA challenging plaintiff's demotion as head football coach and his termination, dismissals of complaints for failure to exhaust...