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Duckworth v. Saracino

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by female police officers alleging gender discrimination, denial of qualified immunity for defendants is reversed and remanded where the...

Epps v. Watson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In civil rights action brought by plaintiff county employee who was terminated for allowing opponent of her supervisor to place a campaign sign on her...

Urena v. Capano Homes, Inc.

Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In the context of the scope of a general contractor's liability for injuries sustained by an independent contractor's employee, a general contractor...

Salas v. WI Dep't of Corr.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a former corrections employee alleging violations under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. section 1983 in his dismissal, summary judgment for...

Meadows v. Hartford Life Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought under Texas state law against several defendants setting forth claims of misappropriation of name and identity, knowing...

Renfro v. Indiana Michigan Power Co.

Labor & Employment Law
In a wage dispute between technical writers and a nuclear power plant operator, summary judgment in favor of the technical writers is reversed and a...

Sharpe v. Director Office of Workers' Comp. Programs

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Petition for review of a widow of deceased coal minor's challenge to an adverse decision and order retroactively denying decedent's claim for black...

Aeronautical Repair Station Ass'n v. FAA

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Substance of final rule amending drug and alcohol testing regulations to expressly mandate that air carriers require drug and alcohol tests of all...

Weber v. Battista

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In suit alleging employment discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII, summary judgment for defendant employer is reversed to the...

Park v. Stockstill Boat Rentals Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an admiralty case brought under the Jones Act and general maritime law to recover damages for personal injuries suffered while plaintiff was...