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Green v. State of California

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a disability discrimination claim, a jury properly found that defendant-employer, in failing to provide plaintiff with reasonable accommodation for...

Knight v. Hayward Unified Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's claim, arising from the fact that his group health insurance policy provided by his employer does not cover in vitro fertilization, does...

Nechis v. Oxford Health Plans, Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's ERISA claims, which alleged breach of fiduciary duty and disclosure obligations, is affirmed where the district court...

Ledbetter v. Goodyear

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, the district court should have granted defendant-employer judgment as a matter of law where plaintiff failed to...

Jute v. Hamilton Sundstrand Corp.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
An employee who is named as a voluntary witness in a Title VII suit, but who is never called on to testify, is protected under Title VII's...

Pham v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action seeking insurance policy coverage, the tortfeasor was not an insured under his employer's business auto policy where his use of the...

Meyers v. Starke

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit, alleging that she had been unlawfully demoted for exercising her right to comment on a matter of public concern, is...

Bunch v. Canton Marine Towing

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The cleaning barge on which plaintiff was injured was a vessel and he was a seaman for purposes of coverage under the Jones Act.

St. George Warehouse, Inc. v. NLRB

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff unsuccessfully appeals a NLRB finding that it violated the National Labor Relations Act by unilaterally transferring unit work to temporary...

Ukolov v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Elder Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's applications for disability insurance benefits is affirmed where plaintiff failed to establish the existence of a medical...