Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer denied Community High School District No. 155’s motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit alleging the district discriminated against and retaliated against a high school student with severe medical conditions.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington has denied a motion to remand a putative class action against trucking company Saia, Inc., holding that the defendant satisfied the Class Action Fairness Act’s $5 million jurisdictional threshold.
A federal judge in the Eastern District of New York granted a motion to amend a jury verdict to resolve an inconsistency between disability discrimination findings under state and federal law, while significantly reducing excessive punitive damages in a...
A federal judge in Illinois has denied qualified immunity to three Colona police officers on claims that they used excessive force during an arrest, allowing a civil rights lawsuit to proceed to trial.
Judge Benjamin H. Settle of the Western District of Washington denied Christopher Mills' motion to remand, holding that Saia Inc. met its burden to show the amount in controversy exceeded $5 million under the Class Action Fairness Act.
A federal judge refused to let Helia Healthcare Services walk away from claims it systematically shaved thirty minutes of pay per day from hourly workers at its skilled nursing facilities.
A federal magistrate judge in Memphis denied an employment discrimination plaintiff's request for additional discovery, ruling that his failure to investigate a known hiring freeze defense did not constitute excusable neglect.
A federal judge in Philadelphia allowed a former Oracle cloud architect's Title VII sex discrimination and ADA disability claims to proceed while dismissing her retaliation, hostile work environment, and intentional infliction of emotional distress counts...
The California Court of Appeal reversed a trial court’s denial of class certification in a wage-and-hour dispute, holding that the named plaintiff’s claim regarding the exclusion of “EMS Bonuses” from overtime calculations was typical of the proposed class.
Judge Sara Darrow denied qualified immunity to three Colona, Illinois, police officers on a plaintiff’s excessive force claim, allowing a jury to decide whether they used unreasonable force when handcuffing a concealed carry permit holder who claimed he was...
Judge Elizabeth Coombe granted final approval of a class action settlement resolving wage and hour allegations brought by technicians against Grid One Solutions, LLC.
District Judge Karen E. Schreier denied Retsel Corporation’s motion for reconsideration, rejecting arguments that Native American plaintiffs lacked standing to sue for discrimination at the Grand Gateway Hotel.
Judge Patricia A. Gaughan denied summary judgment to Summit County Sheriff Kandy Fatheree in a First Amendment retaliation suit brought by Stacy Clark, a retired deputy turned special deputy.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the denial of a preliminary injunction against President Biden’s executive order requiring project labor agreements for federal construction contracts valued at $35 million or more.
A divided Ninth Circuit panel upheld the NLRB's Gissel bargaining order against ready-mix concrete company Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, requiring it to recognize the Teamsters despite a majority vote against the union in a 2019 election.
A Northern District of California judge granted in part and denied in part Levi Strauss & Co.'s motion to dismiss a putative class and collective action brought by former employee Jermaine Whitfield, allowing wage and hour claims to proceed while...
A federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss a gay former D.C. Housing Authority police officer's Title VII lawsuit alleging the agency fired him based on his sexual orientation after a colleague's sexual assault accusation that the Metropolitan Police...
A federal judge in Washington has denied the District of Columbia Housing Authority’s motion to dismiss, allowing a gay police officer’s employment discrimination lawsuit to move forward.
The Connecticut Supreme Court held that an employer's workers' compensation lien under General Statutes § 31-293 (a) extends to tort settlement proceeds attributable to a deceased worker's nonoccupational asbestos exposure, not just the portion tied to...
The Fourth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Merrill Lynch, holding that its WealthChoice Award program is a bonus plan exempt from ERISA coverage rather than an employee pension benefit plan.