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Pennyfeather v. Tessler

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint alleging that defendant disclosed plaintiff's name, address, work schedule, and social security number during an...

Christensen v. Stevedoring Servs. of Am.

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's action to enforce an award of attorney's fees and costs pursuant to the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act is...

Gentle v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's application for social security disability benefits is reversed where the administrative judge's analysis of the evidence was...

Wise v. Kind & Knox Gelatin, Inc.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Ruling that defendants, plan administrators, abused their discretion in denying plaintiff's long term disability benefits claim is reversed where...

U.S. Fid. & Guar. Ins. Co. v. Commercial Union Midwest Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant in a dispute between insurance companies over whose policy covers liability for a workplace accident death is reversed...

Brown v. Dillard's, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
When an employer enters into an arbitration agreement with its employees, it must itself participate in properly initiated arbitration proceedings or...

Smith v. Dist. of Columbia

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Grant of summary judgment for defendant on a discrimination claim brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is reversed where the...

Maresh v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Determination that plaintiff is not entitled to disability-insurance benefits and supplemental-security income because he has the capacity to work is...

Hayward v. Centennial Ins. Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Trade Secrets
In an insurance coverage dispute regarding defense of underlying contract and trade secret claims, summary judgment for defendant-insurer is affirmed...

Mpoyo v. Litton Electro-Optical Sys.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal based on res judicata of plaintiff's Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) claims against his former...