Plaintiff-appellant, Edward Carmona, sued defendant-appellee, Southwest Airlines Co. (Southwest), claiming that the termination of his employment violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The case was tried before a jury, which found that Southwest had discriminated against Carmona because of his disability and awarded him $80,000... More...   $0 (03-23-2010 - TX)

Patricia Speck appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the City of Memphis on Speck’s claims of age discrimination. We affirm.

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Speck worked as Coordinator of Nursing Services at the Memphis Sexual Assault Resource Center (MSARC) starting in 1989. She alleges that her managers accused her of violating city policy, unfairly criticized her work performa... More...   $0 (03-22-2010 - TN)

Rachael Schaar appeals the District Court’s summary judgment in favor of her former employer, Lehigh Valley Physicians Business Services, Inc. (Lehigh Valley). The District Court held that Schaar did not qualify for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) because she did not present evidence of a serious health condition. This appeal raises a question of first impression in this Cour... More...   $0 (03-11-2010 - PA)

Plaintiff was employed as the Director Plaintiff was employed as the Director of Nursing by Evergreen from November 27, 2006 through June 15, 2007, at which time she went out on a leave of absence due to "stress." Plaintiff claims that during her approximately six and one-half month employment she was sexually harassed by defendant Rush Melitti, which allegedly included touching and comments by Mr... More...   $0 (03-05-2010 - CA)

Carol Jones filed a claim for long term benefits under the group disability insurance policy issued to her employer by an affiliate of Unum Provident Corporation (“Unum”). After Unum denied the claim and Jones’s appeal, she commenced this action for wrongful denial of benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). See 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B).

T... More...   $0 (03-01-2010 - MN)

This case presents two issues concerning damages under the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA”). 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654 (2006). In an issue of first impression, we consider whether the court, rather than the jury, determines the amount of the front pay award1 and whether the district court’s calculation of that award was clearly erroneous. Second, we address whether the district court... More...   $0 (02-26-2010 - OR)

James Randall Moore, a/k/a Randy Moore, appeals from a summary judgment granted in favor of the City of Wylie, Texas and William Johnson. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTUAL SUMMARY

The City of Wylie hired Randy Moore as a building inspector on March 15, 2004. William Johnson, a senior building inspector, served as Moore’s supervisor. On December 16, 2004, Johnson call... More...   $0 (02-19-2010 - TX)

This case involves the allegedly discriminatory suspension of a physician’s medical staff privileges. Medical staff privileges allow a physician both to treat patients at the privilege-granting hospital and to receive patient referrals from that hospital. Appellees—physicians, administrators, and hospitals associated with WellStar Health System (WellStar)—suspended the medical staff privileg... More...   $0 (02-18-2010 - GA)

Plaintiffs, Uhlich Children’s Advantage Network (UCAN) and Darlene Sowell, filed a complaint for declaratory judgment seeking a determination of whether defendants, National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh and AIG Domestic Claims, had a duty to defend them in underlying litigation and alleging breach of contract and a violation of section 155 of the Insurance Code (215 ILCS 5/155 (West 20... More...   $0 (02-03-2010 - IL)

Angela LaFary liked her job as a field clerk at the Martinsville, Indiana, office of Rogers Group, Inc. (“RGI”), a company in the business of producing crushed stone for road construction and similar uses. Shortly after she became pregnant, however, RGI transferred her to Bloomington, eventually letting her go after she had taken more than six months of leave necessitated by complications with... More...   $0 (01-12-2010 - IN)

A reviewing court must defer to an arbitrator’s construction of a contract even when the court believes that the arbitrator construed the contract incorrectly. In this case, the district court vacated the arbitration award, concluding that the arbitrator exceeded his authority by adding a term to the underlying contract. We conclude, however, that even if the arbitrator erred, he acted within th... More...   $0 (11-20-2009 - WV)

Julie Stephens Long’s employment with the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois (“TRS”) came to an end on February 3, 2006.

While TRS maintains that it fired her for poor performance, Long believes that she was fired in retaliation for taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”). The district court granted summary judgment in favor of TRS, which L... More...   $0 (10-23-2009 - IL)

Felix Lara appeals the district court’s rulings in favor of his former employer, Unified School District #501 (“USD”). The district court dismissed his state workers’ compensation claim and one of his claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. It then granted summary judgment in favor of USD on Lara’s claims under the ADA, Family and Medical ... More...   $0 (10-22-2009 - KS)

Giant of Maryland, LLC (“Giant”) appeals a judgment entered on a jury verdict in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County in favor of Julia M. Taylor, a former Giant employee, in an employment discrimination and retaliation case. After a seven-day trial, the jury found by special verdict that, during a particular time period ending on February 3, 2003, Giant discriminated against Taylor ... More...   $0 (10-05-2009 - )

The plaintiffs, David Corbitt and Alexander Raya (collectively, “Appellants”), appeal the entry of summary judgment in favor of the defendant, Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. (“Home Depot”), on their sexual harassment and retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e–2000e-17, and their state law claims of assault and battery, outrage, and invasion of p... More...   $0 (07-10-2009 - AL)

Plaintiff-Appellant Deborah Lynne Danton appeals the district court’s February 5, 2008 order granting summary judgment to Defendants-Appellees Brighton Hospital (“Brighton”) and International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 337 (“Union” or “Teamsters Local 337”) (collectively, “Defendants”). Danton sued Defendants under § 301 of the Labor Relations Management Act, 29 U.S.C. §§... More...   $0 (07-01-2009 - MI)

Gear Products, Inc. discharged Gwen Coffelt, Tharon Paup, and Carol Shuffitt in 2001. The three former employees filed suit contending that the company based their discharge on impermissible age discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. (“ADEA”). The district court granted summary judgment to Gear Products, and the plaintiffs now seek rev... More...   $0 (06-19-2009 - OK)

Plaintiff Eleanor Lafata, a licensed practical nurse, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant Church of Christ Home for the Aged. The district court granted summary judgment to Defendant on Plaintiff’s claims under the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), 29 U.S.C.A. § 2601 et seq., and the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C.A. § 1210... More...   $0 (05-20-2009 - MI)

Plaintiff was an 8-year employee who had been employed under a series of one-year contracts. Plaintiff's contract was not renewed after she returned from FMLA leave taken to care for her son who had been injured in the Iraq War. ... More...   $94873 (05-15-2009 - AR)

Donna J. Nealey appeals the district court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of her former employer, Water District No. 1 of Johnson County, Kansas (WaterOne), on her claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101-12213; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634; and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. § 2601-54. Review... More...   $0 (05-12-2009 - KS)

¶1 Robert Howell and Pete Hodap bring separate appeals related to a civil suit alleging multiple constitutional and tort violations arising out of the execution of a search warrant. Patti Howell and Randy Johnson submit cross-appeals. For the following reasons and those set forth in the simultaneously filed memorandum decision,1 we affirm in part and reverse in part.

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¶2 On W... More...   $0 (05-12-2009 - AZ)

This appeal arises from a complaint filed by David Meuser ("Meuser/Appellant") against Federal Express Corporation ("FedEx") on February 9, 2006, in the Hampshire Superior Court, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, alleging violation of the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act (“MCRA”), Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 52C, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and discharge in violation of pub... More...   $0 (05-04-2009 - MA)

On August 8, 2005, Prefix, Inc., terminated Jonathan Bell. Bell sued under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), claiming that he was discharged in retaliation for leaves of absence he had recently taken to care for his dying father. The district court granted summary judgment for Prefix, and Bell appeals. We reverse because Bell has made a prima facie case of unlawful discrimination and has pr... More...   $0 (04-02-2009 - MI)

Plaintiff-appellant Robin Allen Morris appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee Family Dollar Stores of Ohio, Inc. (“Family Dollar”). After Morris was terminated from Family Dollar, he filed a complaint against Family Dollar alleging: (1) violation of the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”); (2) violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of... More...   $0 (03-31-2009 - OH)

Tanum Smith appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in her suit against her former employer, The Hope School, for denying her rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act. Smith claims that the district court improperly held that her application for leave was fraudulent because she altered a health care provider’s certification form, arguing that the alteration is irreleva... More...   $0 (03-31-2009 - IL)