all - Opinion Summaries

Moron-Barrada v. Dep't of Educ.

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against the Puerto Rico Department of Education for discrimination and retaliation under Title VII based on its failure to hire plaintiff...

O-Dea v. Bunnell

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case where plaintiff-correctional officer was injured while quelling a fight between rival prison gangs, defendants-prison officials did not...

Costco Wholesale Corp. v. WCAB

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Workers' Compensation
In case involving worker's slip and fall during course of employment resulting in injuries, decision affirming an award to respondent worker is...

Morales-Santiago v. Hernandez-Perez

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a Puerto Rico agency alleging discrimination on the basis of political affiliation, summary judgment for...

Torres-Negron v. Merck & Co., Inc.

Civil Rights, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against an employer for discrimination and violation of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, summary judgment for defendant...

Canova v. Trustees of Imperial Irr. Dist. Employee Pension Plan

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In case involving defined benefit employee pension plan, summary judgment for defendants based on plaintiffs' failure to comply with the claim filing...

Matreale v. State of New Jersey Dep't of Military & Veterans Affairs

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
The Feres doctrine of intra-military immunity bars a suit raising state law claims for damages for injuries arising from, or in the course of activity...

Jenkins v. Cleco Power LLC

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a former employee's disability discrimination suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), ERISA, and state law, summary judgment for plan...

Chicago Title Ins. Corp. v. Magnuson

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an appeal involving a covenant not to compete, summary judgment for plaintiff-former employer, and a jury verdict awarding it compensatory and...

Office of Sen. Mark Dayton v. Hanson

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit arising from plaintiff's discharge from employment with former Senator Dayton brought against the Senator's office, invoking the district...