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Victor Guerrero, a Mexican immigrant and aspiring California correctional officer,
filed a federal action alleging discriminatory failure-to-hire against the California
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the CDCR), among other defendants. He
pled federal and state law claims, but only his state claims allowed him to seek general
damages.
The federal court dismissed G

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Plaintiffs, administrators of the estates of their deceased spouses, appeal the district court’s dismissal of their suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”). They allege that the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) caused the suicide deaths of their spouses by improperly notifying them of the suspension of their disability benefits and of the need to redetermine their eligibility for ben

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Hammond, IN - Richard F. McDevitt and Jacqueline Ferree sued the United States of America on a federal tort claims act personal injury negligence theory.

In this latest chapter in what originated as a wage and hour class action,
defendant Arthur J. Parent, Jr. (Parent) appeals from the amended judgment entered in
favor of plaintiff Amanda Quiles on her individual claim for wrongful employment
termination in violation of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA; 29
U.S.C. § 201 et seq.). (All further statutory references ar

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Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith, William V. Whelan, Mei-Yin M. Imanaka
and Deborah A. Yates, for Defendants, Cross-complainants, and Respondents.
Plaintiff AMN Healthcare, Inc. (AMN) appeals (1) the judgment in favor of
defendants Kylie Stein, Robin Wallace, Katherine Hernandez, Alexis Ogilvie (sometimes
collectively, individual defendants) and Aya Healthcare, Inc. (Aya) (sometimes

“The First Amendment guarantees to a religious institution the right to decide
matters affecting its ministers’ employment, free from the scrutiny and second-guessing
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of the civil courts.” (Schmoll v. Chapman University (1999) 70 Cal.App.4th 1434, 1436
(Schmoll).) The so-called ministerial exception is “a ‘nonstatutory, constitutionally
compelled’ exception to federal civil

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Spokane, WA - Kagney Barger sued the United States of America on a Federal Tort Claims Act auto negligence theory.

After the State of Illinois dismissed
criminal charges against plaintiff‐appellant Calvin
Lindsey for unlawful possession of a weapon, he filed this
civil action asserting claims for false arrest, excessive force,
false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution under 42
U.S.C. § 1983 and state law assault and battery. At trial, the
jury returned a unanimous defense verd

Dallas, TX - Ritchie R. Humphrey sued the United States of America on a federal tort claim act auto negligence theory.

Abington, VA - Wanda Williams sued United States of America on a federal tort claim act personal injury negligence theory.

Fairfax, VA - Afghani Noor Mohammad sued The United States of America on a federal tort claims act auto negligence.

Greenbelt, MD - Derrick Green sued the United States of America on a federal tort claims act auto negligence theory.

Greenbelt, MD - Frances Chapman-Holmes sued United States of America on a federal tort claims act auto negligence theory.

Plaintiff Jesus Cuitlahuac Garcia filed a wage and hour lawsuit against Border
Transportation Group, LLC (BTG), its owner Erik Ortega, and BTG employee Martha
Ortega. Some of Garcia's claims are based on Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC)
wage orders;1 others are not. The trial court granted defendants' motion for summary
judgment on all eight causes of action on the basis that Ga