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Brodowy v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by current or former Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers seeking to recover pay lost due to the government-s...

Frank v. Los Angeles County

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a race discrimination class action brought by a class of minority peace officers, judgment finding defendant county liable for back pay and other...

Hamm v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Dismissal of case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the Federal Tort Claims Act is affirmed as the general New York rule that employees...

Heiman v. Workers' Comp. App. Bd.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In case where a property manager hired an unlicensed and uninsured contractor to install rain gutters on a condominium building, and an employee of...

Connelly v. Texas Dep't of Criminal Justice

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an attorney's retaliatory termination and employment discrimination action, an interlocutory appeal from an order denying defendant-director...

Hoosier Care, Inc. v. Chertoff

Administrative Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of petition for classification of two aliens as eligible for "employer-based" immigration is reversed where the Department of Homeland Security...

Brubaker v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

Class Actions, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by former employees of a company who mistakenly received an offer for a benefit given to certain of the company's retired workers, summary...

Bombaci v. Journal Cmty Publ'g Group

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging sexual harassment and retaliation, summary judgment for defendant-employer on the sexual harassment claim is reversed where...

Farmers Auto. Ins. Ass'n v. St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit between two insurance companies over defendant's denial of coverage for plaintiff's employment practices liability policy, judgment for...

Gwin v. Am. River Transp. Co.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a suit alleging violation of a law preventing discharge of a seaman for refusing to perform duties ordered by his employer if the duties would...