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Christensen v. Titan Distrib., Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an appeal arising from a jury verdict finding an employer discriminated against plaintiff based on his disability and age when it refused to hire...

Savaglio v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In a statewide class action involving claims that Wal-Mart denied meal and rest breaks to thousands of employees, partial grant of Wal-Mart's belated...

Demps v. San Francisco Housing Auth.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In the summary judgment context, a trial judge-s failure to rule on properly presented objections results in their being impliedly overruled, the...

Belaire-West Landscape, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a putative class action lawsuit against plaintiffs' former employer, a landscaping company, alleging wage and hour violations, defendant's petition...

Krueger Int'l, Inc. v. Royal Indem. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a suit over indemnity under an employment practices liability insurance policy, summary judgment for insurer is affirmed where there was neither a...

Hillstrom v. Kenefick

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Professional Malpractice
In a malpractice and ERISA action arising from a claim for long-term disability benefits, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed over claims...

Smith v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A denial of disability insurance benefits to claimant by the Social Security Administration is affirmed over her claims that the decision neither...

US Dep't of State v. Coombs

Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving appellant's challenge to decision setting aside appellee's critical employee evaluation reports based on his mental illness and...

Greenhill v. Spellings

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving negative employment reference from former federal employer to a prospective federal employer, resulting in rescission of an offer of...

Coosemans Specialty v. Dep't of Agric.

Agriculture, Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review challenging respondent's decision to revoke petitioner's license for violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act is...