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Fernandez v. Centerplate/NBSE

Labor & Employment Law
A motion for summary affirmance by defendant-employer is granted as to claims of plaintiff-employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) where...

Chao v. Gunite Corp.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of four Department of Labor citations against a foundry by the Occupational Safety and Health Commission is reversed and remanded with...

Quick v. Wal-Mart Stores

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer on a pregnancy-based employment discrimination claim is affirmed where plaintiff-employee failed to establish...

Wedow v. City of Kansas City

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of defendant's motions for judgment as a matter of law and denial of equitable relief for plaintiffs following jury verdicts for plaintiffs are...

Melena v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a matter arising from allegations that defendant terminated plaintiff's employment in retaliation for her filing of a workers' compensation claim,...

Sauerland v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Comm'n

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
An order of the Unemployment Appeals Commission affirming a ruling that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment compensation benefits is...

US v. Novak

Criminal Law & Procedure, Debt Collection, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
The Mandatory Victims Restitution Act, in conjunction with 18 U.S.C. section 3613, constitutes a statutory exception to ERISA's anti-alienation...

California State Auto. Ass'n Inter-Ins. Bureau v. Workers' Comp. App. Bd., et al.

Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Order of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board that respondent, an unlicensed house painter visiting from Australia, was an employee of homeowners...

Miranda-Otero v. Puerto Rico Indus. Comm'n

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of a First Amendment political discrimination claim under 42 U.S.C. 1983 is affirmed where plaintiff failed to allege that any of the...

Rivera-Garcia v. Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants and denial of plaintiff's motion to alter judgment in an employment termination claim under the ADA are affirmed where...