all - Opinion Summaries

Brodie v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Workers' Compensation
Denial of reconsideration of plaintiff firefighter's permanent disability award is annulled with directions to recompute the award according to a...

Continental Cas. Co. v. Advance Terrazo & Tile Co.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
A declaratory judgment in favor of insurers is affirmed where: 1) there was no abuse of discretion in denying a motion to certify an issue regarding...

Fernandez v. Mora-San Miguel Elec. Coop., Inc.

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case arising from the disappearance of property from an employer and its subsequent termination of plaintiffs following their failed polygraph,...

LB&B & Assocs., Inc. v. Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
When a collective bargaining agreement includes a "just cause" termination provision and does not explicitly provide that an enumerated offense is...

McRae v. Department of Corr. & Rehab.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for individual defendants, on discrimination and retaliation claims in violation of the FEHA, is affirmed, but retaliation verdict...

Sonoma State Univ. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Administrative Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Determination that claimant police dispatcher had satisfied her burden of establishing a compensable industrial injury by proving her psychological...

Schroeder v. Kalenak Painting & Paperhanging, Inc.

Construction, Labor & Employment Law
Order below is affirmed as: 1) wallpapering is not an enumerated activity under the Labor Law; 2) plaintiff fails to allege sufficient facts to...

Mickelson v. New York Life Ins. Co.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer on claims of retaliation and discrimination on the basis of sex under Title VII and salary discrimination...

Dunlap v. Superior Ct. (Bank of Am., N.A.)

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
Order granting defendant bank's motion to strike certain portions of plaintiff's class action complaint alleging various labor violations is vacated...

Sutton v. New York City Transit Auth.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
Order granting an attorney's charging lien is reversed to the extent it was improperly awarded, however, orders making plaintiff liable to reimburse...