all - Opinion Summaries

DaimlerChrysler Corp. Healthcare Benefits Plan v. Durden

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Family Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for one claimant in an interpleader action filed by a pension plan seeking a declaration as to which of two claimants was decedent's...

Stephens v. County of Tulare

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a dispute over whether a county employee, a detention specialist, was dismissed for disability within the meaning of Government Code section 31725,...

In re: IT Group, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of an adversary complaint filed by a bankrupt company's deferred compensation plan seeking secured, priority status for claims for benefits...

Pinto v. City of Visalia

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Granting of petition of mandate, challenging defendant city's findings of misconduct on plaintiff's part and awarding attorney's fees and costs to...

Delaware Bay Surgical Servs., P.A. v. Swier

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Under the Wage Payment and Collection Act (WPCA), an employer may withhold wages when there are reasonable grounds for a dispute between the employer...

Hattem v. Schwarzenegger

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendants is affirmed where ERISA does not preempt California's tax on unrelated business taxable income, and such a...

Paese v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for plaintiff is affirmed as to the finding of permanent disability and the award of longterm disability benefits and attorney's fees,...

Petruska v. Gannon Univ.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Where otherwise illegal discrimination is based on religious belief, religious doctrine, or the internal regulations of a church, the First Amendment...

United Food & Commercial Workers' Union v. St. John's Mercy Health Sys.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Summary judgment confirming an arbitration award in favor of a union requiring defendant-medical center to discharge nurses and pay the union overdue...

McClure v. Career Sys. Dev. Corp.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants on plaintiff's claims against two employers for race and sex discrimination, and retaliation is reversed in part as to...