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Colburn v. Parker Hannifin

Labor & Employment Law, Health Law
A claim for retaliatory discharge from employment is not extinguished by a finding that the plaintiff was unable to return to work at the expiration...

Twentieth Century Fox v. Entertainment Distributing

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Copyright, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Trademark
Judgment for plaintiff finding that defendant infringed protected copyrights involving Dwight Eisenhower's memoirs and the subsequent award of...

Palkow v. CSX Transp.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Order denying plaintiff's motion to remand and granting defendants- motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim is reversed where a state action...

Dunn v. Washington County Hosp.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff's Title VII sex discrimination case is reversed, where defendant is responsible for providing its...

Keeton v. Flying J, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Because a reasonable jury could have found plaintiff's transfer to be a tangible employment action, where defendant fired, then rehired and laterally...

Figueroa v. Northridge Hosp.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's appeal from an order denying leave to amend her complaint against her employer is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where the order...

Prof'l Eng'rs v. Morales

Administrative Law, Construction, Contracts, Elections, Government Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Proposition 35 impliedly repealed or amended Government Code sections 14101, 14130-14137 and 19130 to the extent that those statutes restrict...

Taylor v. Federal Express

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a claim by plaintiff for employer failure to accomodate under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), summary judgment for defendant is affirmed...

Rodriguez v. Conagra

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a disability discrimination case brought by a diabetic plaintiff under Texas disability laws, summary judgment for defendant is reversed and...

Myers v. Richland County

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants on intentional infliction of emotional distress and defamation claims is vacated for lack of supplemental jurisdiction...