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D'Angelo v. ConAgra Foods, Inc.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Americans with Disability Act, by its plain language, requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for employees they regard as...

Pfizer, Inc. v. Uprichard

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
The Magistrate Judge exceeded the scope of his authority by requiring defendant to sign a Settlement and Release Agreement as a condition of receiving...

Vitale v. Latrobe Area Hosp.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Defendant-employer's denial of plaintiff's claim for early retirement benefits was not arbitrary and capricious where the denial was compelled by the...

Provident Life & Accident Ins. Co. v. Cohen

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute concerning a disability income policy, the district court's decision to grant plaintiff-insurance company declaratory relief, finding the...

Nelson v. United Steelworkers of Am.

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute over the terms of a modified collective bargaining agreement, the district court erred when it denied plaintiffs' motion to remand to...

Transpersonnel, Inc. v. Roadway Express, Inc.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
The district court erred in finding that defendant was an "employer" for purposes of potential withdrawal liability under a multiemployer pension plan...

Jankovitz v. Des Moines Indep. Cmty. Sch. Dist.

Labor & Employment Law
Defendant's employee retirement incentive plan violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act since the plan prohibited employees from eligibility...

Braga v. Genlyte Group, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Plaintiff's tort claim is barred by the Massachusetts workers' compensation law where one of defendant's merger successors has previously compensated...

Caver v. City of Trenton

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination dispute, the district court properly dismissed plaintiff's claims which alleged unlawful retaliation and hostile work...

Venezia v. Gottlieb Mem'l Hosp.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination dispute, the district court erred when it dismissed plaintiffs' suit on the theory that a husband and wife could not...