all - Opinion Summaries

Adamson v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-plan administrator in an ERISA case alleging wrongful denial of benefits and a breach of fiduciary duty is...

Dore v. Arnold Worldwide, Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
A court of appeals' reversal of summary judgment for an employer on causes of action relating to plaintiff's termination is reversed where: 1)...

Kaucher v. County of Bucks

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by a corrections officer and his wife against a county and employees responsible for the operation of a...

Santana v. Dep't of Juvenile Justice

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Affirmed.

Pendergrass v. R.D. Michaels, Inc.

Construction, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Summary judgment determining that defendant-employers are entitled to workers' compensation immunity for a job accident which killed an employee is...

Pittsburgh & Conneaut Dock Co. v. Dir., Office of Workers' Comp. Programs

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The lack of a written recommendation for the disposition of a controversy precludes attorney's fee liability under 33 U.S.C. section 928(b). In a case...

Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Precision Indoor Comfort, Inc.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
A petition for enforcement of an order finding that respondent violated the National Labor Relations Act by refusing to bargain with a union following...

Patton v. Keystone RV Co.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer in a constructive discharge case is reversed and remanded for trial where the alleged touching of an intimate...

Crotty v. Dakotacare Admin. Servs., Inc.

Administrative Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit claiming that plaintiff lost the opportunity to extend her health insurance coverage because defendant-health plan administrator failed to...

US v. Evans

Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
A conviction for uttering forged securities is affirmed over a claim that the district court deprived defendant of his right to an impartial jury by...