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

Kim Iann Manning ("Manning”) was denied short-term disability benefits and subsequently terminated from employment by American Republic Insurance Company ("ARIC”). She sought judicial review of the benefits decision under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. 29 U.S.C. § 1132 et seq. She also asserted ERISA retaliation and interference claims. The district court2 affirmed ARI

After two decades of employment with her county government, Dorothy Goelzer was fired from her job. Her supervisor informed her of the termination decision two weeks before she was scheduled to begin two months of leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). This leave did not mark the first time Goelzer was away from work on FMLA leave, as Goelzer had taken a significant amount of authori

Kim Iann Manning ("Manning”) was denied short-term disability benefits and subsequently terminated from employment by American Republic Insurance Company ("ARIC”). She sought judicial review of the benefits decision under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. 29 U.S.C. § 1132 et seq. She also asserted ERISA retaliation and interference claims. The district court2 affirmed ARI

This case arises out of the termination of plaintiff Aleather Thompson on November 2, 2005, from her job as Food Production Supervisor at Richmond Heights Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Thompson claims that her former employer, UHHS Richmond Heights Hospital ("Hospital”), Sodexho Management, Inc. ("Sodexho”), the third-party contractor in charge of the Hospital's food service, and Sodexh

Appellants, Alan and Kimberly Alonso, appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Appellee Huron Valley Ambulance on the Alonsos' employment discrimination claims, contending that the district court applied the wrong standard in evaluating Huron Valley Ambulance's Grievance Review Board process for fairness. Alternatively, they allege that even if the district court applied t

Appellant Ellen Schaaf worked for GlaxoSmithKline as a Regional Vice President, but, after returning from maternity leave, was demoted to District Sales Manager. Schaaf then sued GSK, alleging that her maternity leave impermissibly contributed to her demotion. The district court granted summary judgment on some of her claims and judgment as a matter of law on others, all in favor of GSK.

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.

I.

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 performance,

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

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 Court:

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 c

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).

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 2006

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

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 called

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 wi

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 the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. §

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.