all - Opinion Summaries

Simpson v. Merchants & Planters Bank

Banking Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law with regards to a jury's finding of a willful violation of the Equal Pay Act is affirmed...

Hofer v. UNUM Life Ins. Co. of Am.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
A judgment and award in a dispute over defendant's denial of plaintiff's claim for disability benefits is affirmed over plaintiff's claims of error...

Canady v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer on plaintiff's race-based employment discrimination and hostile work environment claims is affirmed where...

Beck-Wilson v. Principi

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant in a suit by female nurse practitioners against an employer-agency under the Equal Pay Act and Title VII alleging wage...

Jones v. Patrick and Assocs. Detective Agency, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant in a negligence case founded on respondeat superior is reversed and remanded where an assault against two jailed youths...

Cherry v. Auburn Gear, Inc.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a suit for lifetime benefits under a collectively bargained insurance agreement is affirmed where the language of...

In re Vesta Ins. Group, Inc.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Tortious interference with contract claims between a signatory to an arbitration agreement and agents or affiliates of the other signatory arise more...

Healthcare Employees Union v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of an order of the National Labor Relations Board dismissing a union's unfair labor practice charge against a medical center is...

New Pointe, Inc. v. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
An order of the Unemployment Appeals Commission affirming an award of unemployment benefits to a claimant is affirmed where the only issues raised by...

Bouboulis v. Transp. Workers Union of Am.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Summary judgment for defendants on claims of denial of benefits and breach of fiduciary duty under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)...