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Relenthis Blakley v. Schlumberger Technology Corp.

Relenthis Blakley filed suit against Schlumberger Technology Corporation ("Schlumberger"), alleging that Schlumberger wrongfully denied (or delayed) her promotion and, subsequently, wrongfully terminated her. She asserted several claims for various forms of discrimination and retaliation under federal law, in addition to state-law tort claims. The district court2 granted Schlumberger's motion to d... More...   $0 (08-11-2011 - AR)

Corby Burus v. The Wellpoint Companies, Inc. d/b/a Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Plaintiff Corby Burus appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing her demotion and termination claims in this employment-discrimination case.

We AFFIRM, adopting the district court’s opinion, Burus v. Wellpoint Cos., Inc., No. 5:08-154- KKC, 2010 WL 1253089 (E.D. Ky. Mar. 25, 2010), with a minor exception pertinent to the demotion claim. We add discussion on c... More...
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Christopher Millea v. Metro-North Railroad Company

10 Following a jury trial in the United States District
11 Court for the District of Connecticut (Bryant, J.),
12 plaintiff Christopher Millea won partial victory on his
13 claims under the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”). He and
14 the defendant, Metro-North Railroad Co. (“Metro-North”),
15 cross-appeal. Millea argues that, on his unsuccessful
16 retaliation clai... More...
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Deborah Harris v. Dallas Independent School District

* Plaintiff, Dr. Deborah Harris, appeals from the district court’s order granting summary judgment for defendant Dallas Independent School District (D.I.S.D.) on her claim under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. § 2601, et seq., which permits individuals who work for covered employers to take temporary leave for a “serious health condition,” 29 U.S.C. § 2612. We AFFIRM.More...   $0 (08-04-2011 - TX)

Kerry Wallis v. Central Contra Costa Transit Authority

Plaintiff-Appellant Kerry Walls (“Walls”) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee Central Contra Costa Transit Authority (“CCCTA”). Walls is a former bus driver for CCCTA. After being terminated on January 27, 2006, Walls was reinstated on March 2, 2006 pursuant to an agreement executed over the course of a grievance process between Walls, hi... More...   $0 (08-03-2011 - CA)

Larry Holland v. Schwan's Home Service, Inc.

Larry Holland sued Schwan's Home Service, Inc. claiming that he was fired from his job because he took Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave because of an on the job back injury. Plaintiff was told by his doctor to take some time off from work to nurse an injured back. While he was off work, Defendant's management manufactured a reason for firing him when he returned to work.

Schwan's cl... More...
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Jack Bell v. Dallas County

In this Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) lawsuit, Plaintiff-Appellant Jack Bell (“Bell”) appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment to Bell’s former employer, Defendant-Appellee Dallas County (“County”). Bell argues that the district court erred by denying his summary judgment motion and by concluding that the County had not interfered with his FMLA rights and ha... More...   $0 (07-08-2011 - TX)

Gary Quinnett v. State of Iowa

Gary Quinnett brought this suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, and the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654, against the State of Iowa, the Iowa Department of Administrative Services (“DAS”), and two officials of the DAS. The district court2 dismissed all of Quinnett’s claims, and he appeals the court... More...   $0 (07-07-2011 - IA)

Aaron Smeigh v. Johns Manville, Inc.

Aaron Smeigh brings this diversity suit against his former employer, Johns Manville (JM), for retaliatory discharge and civil conversion under Indiana law. He alleges that JM wrongfully terminated his employment for filing a workers’ compensation claim and unlawfully retained his personal property after his termination.

JM moved for summary judgment on Smeigh’s claims and the district c... More...
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Sara Lapidoth v. Telcordia Technologies, Inc.

Plaintiff Sara Lapidoth appeals the October 7, 2009 order denying her summary judgment motion and granting defendant Telcordia Technologies, Inc.'s (Telcordia) summary judgment motion in her action for breach of contract and interference with rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C.A. §§ 2612 to 2654, and the New Jersey Family Leave Act (NJFLA), N.J.S.A. 34:11B-1 to -16. L... More...   $0 (06-09-2011 - NJ)

Jason Hearst v. Progressive Foam Technologies,

On May 1, 2007, Progressive Foam Technologies (PFT) fired Jason Hearst for job abandonment. Hearst—who had been on a medical leave of absence from PFT for nearly four months—filed this lawsuit against PFT and its Human Resources Director, Bill Larman (hereinafter, collectively, PFT), alleging violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), see 29 U.S.C. § 2612(a)(1), and the benefits-t... More...   $0 (06-08-2011 - AR)

Jason Hearst v. Progressive Foam Technologies

On May 1, 2007, Progressive Foam Technologies (PFT) fired Jason Hearst for job abandonment. Hearst—who had been on a medical leave of absence from PFT for nearly four months—filed this lawsuit against PFT and its Human Resources Director, Bill Larman (hereinafter, collectively, PFT), alleging violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), see 29 U.S.C. § 2612(a)(1), and the benefits-t... More...   $0 (06-08-2011 - AR)

Maetta Vance v. Ball State University

Maetta Vance was the only African- American working in her department at Ball State University (“Ball State”) when racially charged discord erupted. In 2005, Vance began filing complaints with Ball State about her coworkers’ offensive conduct, which included the use of racial epithets, references to the Ku Klux Klan, veiled threats of physical harm, and other unpleasantries. In 2006 she file... More...   $0 (06-03-2011 - IN)

Maetta Vance, v. Ball State University, et al.,

Maetta Vance was the only African-American working in her department at Ball State University(“Ball State”) when racially charged discord erupted. In 2005, Vance began filing complaints with Ball State about her coworkers’ offensive conduct, which included the use of racial epithets, references to the Ku Klux Klan, veiled threats of physical harm, and other unpleasantries. In 2006 she filed... More...   $0 (06-03-2011 - IL)

Debra L. Lewis v. School District #70, et al.,

Plaintiff-appellant Debra Lewisis a former employee of School District #70 in St. Clair County, Illinois (the “District”), whose employment was terminated after a period of absence under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”). Following her termination, Lewis sued the District, school superintendent Robin Hawkins, and members of the District’s school board, alleging violations of the... More...   $0 (06-01-2011 - IL)

Janet D. Lewis v. United States of America

Janet Lewis appeals from the district court’s denial of summary judgment affirming a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“MSPB”), which in turn upheld a decision by the United States Air Force (the “Agency”) to terminate her employment. We affirm.

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Lewis was director of a child development center on the Elmendorf Air Force Base. In 2003, another candidate was s... More...
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Mark Farhner v. United Transportation Union Discipline Income Protection Program

Plaintiff-Appellant Mark Farhner (“Farhner”) appeals the district court’s order granting Defendant-Appellee United Transportation Union Discipline Income Protection Program’s (the “Plan” or “DIPP”) motion for summary judgment. Farhner brings this action pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1132, seeking judicial review of the Plan’s ... More...   $0 (05-03-2011 - OH)

Charity Wierman v. Casey's General Stores

Charity L. Wierman sued her former employer, Casey’s Marketing Company and Casey’s General Stores, Inc. (“Casey’s”). She asserts pregnancy discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e–2000e-17) and the Missouri Human Rights Act (Mo. Rev. Stat. § 213.055) (“MHRA”). She also alleges retaliation in violation of the Family and Medical ... More...   $0 (03-31-2011 - MO)

Dennis Breen v. Infiltrator Systems

Infiltrator Systems discharged Dennis Breen, who has Hepatitis C, from his position as a shipping manager. Breen sued Infiltrator, alleging that the company’s actions violated a Kentucky civil rights statute. The district court concluded that Breen’s claim fails as a matter of law, and so do we.

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Breen began working as an accountant for Infiltrator in the 1990s. In 1997, the co... More...
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Diane L. Sanders v. City of Newport

Diane Sanders, a former employee of the City of Newport (“the City”), sued the City when it refused to reinstate her after she took an approved medical leave. In her complaint, Sanders alleged that the City violated the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA”), the Oregon Family Leave Act (“OFLA”), and other state and federal laws when it failed to reinstate her after she took FML... More...   $0 (03-18-2011 - OR)

David Bledsoe v. Emery Worldwide Airlines, Inc.

Plaintiffs, representing a class of former employees of Emery Worldwide Airlines, Inc. (EWA), appeal from the entry of judgment in favor of defendants EWA and its parent company CNF Corporation on claims brought under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (WARN Act), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2101-2109. Plaintiffs’ principal claim is that the district court erred in finding, at the ... More...   $0 (02-16-2011 - OH)

Robert Righi v. SMC Corporation of America

Robert Righi was employed as a sales representative for SMC Corporation in the company’s Aurora, Illinois office. While at a mandatory training seminar in Indianapolis, he learned that his elderly mother was experiencing a medical emergency. He left the seminar and returned to Illinois to assess his mother’s situation. The next day, he e-mailed his supervisor to explain that he needed “the n... More...   $0 (02-14-2011 - IL)

Diane Spakes v. Broward County Sheriff's Office

The Broward County Sheriff’s Office (“BSO”) appeals from a judgment following a jury trial in which the jury found that BSO interfered with its employee Diane Spakes’s statutory right to request medical leave and fired her in retaliation for her protected leave request, in violation of the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), 29 U.S.C. § 2615(a)(1) and (a)(2) respectively. 1 The distric... More...   $0 (01-31-2011 - FL)

Maria Lucia Tayag v. Lahey Clinic Hospital, Inc.

Maria Lucia Tayag ("Tayag") was terminated by her employer, Lahey Clinic Hospital, Inc. ("Lahey"), while taking an unapproved seven-week leave to accompany her husband, Rhomeo Tayag ("Rhomeo"), on a spiritual healing trip. The district court denied her claims against Lahey on summary judgment, including one under the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654 (2006), and she n... More...   $0 (01-27-2011 - MA)

Kathleen Dolan v. City of Ann Arbor

Kathleen Dolan filed this lawsuit against her former employer, the Fifteenth District Court in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which is a trial-level court in the Michigan state-court system, and the City of Ann Arbor, after she was terminated from her position at the court as a deputy court clerk on December 4, 2006. Dist. Ct. Dkt. (“Doc.”) 43 (Amended Complaint) at 2–3. Her sole claim is based on the... More...   $0 (01-12-2011 - MI)

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