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Cox v. Sugg

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In suit seeking to hold university officials liable for sexual harassment plaintiff suffered from one of her professors while she was an undergraduate...

White v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In ERISA suit to recover benefits due under disability insurance plan, denial of motion to dismiss and finding that defendant's denial of disability...

Page v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of claimant's application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income is affirmed where: 1) the residual functional...

Elnashar v. Speedway SuperAmerica, LLC

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that defendant-employer discriminated against plaintiff on the basis of his Arabic race in the wake of the September 11, 2001,...

Roush v. Seagate Tech., LLC

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of motion to disqualify counsel for defendant is affirmed as plaintiff did not meet her initial burden of proving that another party, who had...

Forrest v. Cal. Dep't of Corps.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A trial court has authority under Code of Civil Procedure section 391.7 to dismiss a lawsuit during the pendency of litigation when a vexatious...

Vajdl v. Mesabi Acad. of Kidspeace, Inc.

Civil Rights, Juvenile Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a Title VII suit brought by female former employee against a non-profit juvenile correctional facility alleging sexual harassment, retaliation, and...

Zwygart v. Bd. of County Comm'rs of Jefferson County

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by a former employee alleging that a county's actions in terminating him following open heart surgery violated his rights under the...

Otis Elevator Co. v. Midland Red Oak Realty, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit brought by an elevator service company against a glass company and property owner seeking indemnity for the amount of settling an underlying...

Torres-Martinez v. Puerto Rico Dep't of Corr.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit involving political discrimination and Fourteenth Amendment claims against a government employer, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed...