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7th Circuit: Severance Agreement Bars Employee's Age Discrimination Suit
CHICAGO - An employee waived his age bias and public policy violation claims when he received six months of pay in exchange for signing a severance agreement, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals...
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Judge Allows Company To Subpoena Plaintiff's Current Employer For Records
CLEVELAND - A defendant company in a gender discrimination suit was given permission by a federal judge in Ohio on Feb. 4 to subpoena the plaintiff's current employer for personnel records after the...
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Tennessee Federal Judge Reluctantly Dismisses Post-Dukes Class Claims
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Class claims of gender discrimination in a progeny case of the original Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (222 F.R.D. 137, 188 $(N.D. Cal. 2004$)) are time-barred under a landmark 1988...
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Most Bias Claims Against Accounting Firm Survive Bid To Dismiss
NEW YORK - Most class and individual claims filed by five women who allege that the global accounting firm they formerly worked for discriminates against female employees are sufficiently pleaded to...
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2nd Circuit: Security Officer May Proceed With Gender Bias Claim Against...
NEW YORK - The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 19 reinstated a former Rochester, N.Y., security officer's gender discrimination claims against her former employer and supervisor, finding...
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Federal Judge: Employees' Class Suit Over Secondhand Smoke Belongs In State...
LAS VEGAS - A group of Las Vegas casino employees claiming they are harmed by the levels of secondhand smoke failed to prove that their complaint belongs in federal court under the Class Action...
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Court Affirms Dismissal Of Claims Alleging Mycotoxin Poisoning Against County
JACKSON, Tenn. - After finding that claims asserted by the daughters of a school custodian who alleged that mold exposure caused their mother's death were barred by the exclusive remedy provision of...
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Judge Refuses To Impose Dismissal Sanctions Against 3 Employment Class Members
OMAHA, Neb. - A federal judge in Nebraska overseeing a class action lawsuit brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) on Feb. 11 refused to impose dismissal sanctions against three class...
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2nd Circuit Vacates Dismissal, Orders Consideration Of Alternate Sanctions
NEW YORK - A district court cannot dismiss an execution motion filed by plaintiffs as a sanction against an attorney without first considering other sanctions that involve less harm to the plaintiffs,...
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Judge: Whistle-Blower Will Be Given Chance To Plead His Claims
HARRISON, Ark. - A federal judge in Arkansas on March 5 refused to dismiss a motion to dismiss in a whistle-blower wrongful termination lawsuit, ruling that the former employee will be given an...
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7th Circuit Affirms Rejection Of Suit Over Refusal To Allow Worker To Work
CHICAGO - A hotel worker failed to prove that his employer violated his rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by preventing him from returning to work because of certain restrictions...
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Teacher's Bias Claims Fail, But Retaliation Claim Survives Summary Judgment
PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania federal judge on Feb. 19 granted a school district summary judgment on a former math teacher's claims that he was wrongfully terminated because of age and gender...
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3rd Circuit Reinstates Companies' Founder's Discrimination, Contract Claims
PHILADELPHIA - The founder of two medical device parts companies may proceed with her discrimination and breach of contract claims in which she claims that the buyer of her companies wrongfully...
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Federal Circuit: Postal Service Employee Failed To Prove Discrimination
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee failed to prove his claim that he was the victim of discrimination when he was terminated after being absent without leave (AWOL), the...
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Federal Circuit Rules On Calculation Of Federal Employee's Retirement Annuity
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 8 upheld a decision by the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) sustaining an Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) determination...
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Alabama Federal Judge Strikes Late Motion For Summary Judgment
OPELIKA, Ala. - An Alabama federal judge on Feb. 8 struck a trucking company's motion for summary judgment on sexual harassment claims because it was filed late and chastised the company's attorney for...
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8th Circuit: Employee Failed To Show Protected Speech Caused Her To Be Fired
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A former telemarketing company employee failed to show that her protected speech about alleged illegal activity caused her to be terminated, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals...
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On 4th Try, Class Bias Claims Of Black Secret Service Agents Certified
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Claims filed 13 years ago by black Secret Service agents alleging that the agency discriminates against black agents received class action status Feb. 25 when a Washington federal...
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2nd Circuit Upholds Denial Of Police Captain's Racial Discrimination Claim
NEW YORK - A police captain's failure to take a newly minted promotion exam caused him not to be considered when a position opened, a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 27 upholding...
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No Evidence Of Bias In Worker's Firing, Ohio Federal Magistrate Finds
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A claim by a former warehouse worker for retail giant Target Corp. that the company discriminated against him because he is black fails because he did not present any evidence that he...
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