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Seitz v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants regarding their denial of plaintiff's ERISA claim for disability benefits is reversed where defendant plan...

Glidden v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Comm'n

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of unemployment compensation benefits for claimant due to a finding that she had been discharged for misconduct connected with work is reversed...

520 S. Michigan Ave. Assocs., Ltd. v. Devine

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of hotel-plaintiff's complaint for declaratory relief as to a state law prohibiting acquisition of strike-breaking labor from any "day or...

Heiko v. Colombo Sav. Bank

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Elimination of bodily waste is a "major life activity" within the meaning of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Summary judgment for...

Shares, Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
Petition for review of agency defendant's determination that non-profit petitioner was a successor to a bankrupt company and therefore required to...

Team Nursing Servs., Inc. v. Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Soc'y

Contracts, Health Law, Immigration Law, International Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant in a contract dispute, regarding plaintiff's recruitment of foreign nurses to work in defendant's nursing homes, is...

McKee v. Hart

Civil Rights, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of defendant's summary judgment motion seeking qualified immunity in a civil rights suit alleging workplace retaliation is reversed where...

Atanus v. Merit Systems Protection Board

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
MSPB's properly dismissed the claim of an employee, removed due to disorderly conduct charges and failure to follow authorized instructions, where the...

Rosario-Urdaz v. Velazco

Civil Rights, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's damage claims for political discrimination and grant of injunctive relief restoring plaintiff to her career position is...

King v. Auto Supply of Jupiter, Inc.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Denial of claimant's workers' compensation claims regarding attendant care, modifications to her house, and a determination that her left vocal cord...