Nebraska Discrimination Law
Patrick Kuta v. Becton, Dickinson and Company
Lincoln, Nebraska, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an employment discrimination Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory.... More...
$1 (10-17-2025 - NE)James F. Trambly v. Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska </j2>
Lincoln, Nebraska employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights job discrimination theory.<br> <br> Trambly was hired by the University of Nebraska-Kearney in November 2013 to work as a help desk associate in the Information Technology department.Trambly's duties included responding to requests for assistance, supporting assigned academic departments, and managing stud... More...
$0 (08-06-2025 - NE)David Meza v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Omaha, Nebraska personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Americans with Disabilities Act violation claim.<br> <br> David Meza had worked for Union Pacific for over twenty years when he had a serious non-job-related motorcycle accident. It required him to spend several days in the hospital recovering from a brain hemorrhage. Fortunately for him, his treating physicians thought his brai... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - NE)Katrina Beran v. VSL North Platte Court, LLC
Omaha, Nebraska employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a sex discrimination theory.<br> <br> In March 2019, Beran was hired to work as a certified nursing assistant at Linden Court, a<br> skilled nursing facility. Linden Court is owned by the defendant, VSL North Platte<br> Court, LLC, and we will refer to the appellant as Linden Court.<br> <br> In December 2019... More...
$0 (07-17-2025 - NE)Courtney Galloway v. Husker Auto Group, LLC
Lincoln, Nebraska employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful discharge theory.<br> <br> ourtney Galloway sued her employer, Husker Auto Group, LLC (Husker Auto), alleging (1) retaliation in violation of<br> [318 Neb. 180] the Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act (NFEPA)[1] and (2) wrongful discharge under Nebraska's public policy exception to the at-will employment rule. Specif... More...
$0 (12-17-2024 - NE)Greg Jehorek v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
<h2><br> Omaha, Nebraska civil rights Americans With Disabilities Act violation lawyers represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> Plaintiff claimed that Defendant claiming disparate treatment.<br> <br> The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal civil rights law that protects people with disabilities from discrimination in several areas of life: <br> <br> Employment<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (10-07-2024 - NE)Michelle Stone v. Olderbak Georgetown/Willows, LLC
<h2><br> Omaha, Nebraska civil rights accommodation discrimination lawyers represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> Plaintiff filed this action on January 23, 2023, alleging discriminatory housing practices implicating the Fair Housing Act ("FHAâ€), 42 U.S.C. § 3601, et seq., the Nebraska Fair Housing Act ("NFHAâ€), Neb. Rev. Stat. § 20-301, et seq., and the Lincoln Municipal... More...
$0 (10-07-2024 - NE)Megan M. Stanek v. Sarpy County
Omaha, Nebraska civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an employment discrimination theory.<br> <br> Employment discrimination is when an employer treats an employee or applicant differently because of their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, or genetic information.<br> ... More...
$0 (07-27-2023 - NE)Karla Ann Westjohn v. Seldin Co.
Omaha, Nebraska civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Fair Housing Act violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 3601.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Omaha_NE_Fed.png" alt="Federal Courthouse - Omaha, Nebraska"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Omaha, Nebraska<br> <P><br> <a font="red" href=... More...
$0 (02-23-2023 - NE)Brian Sivertson v. HeartFlow, Inc.
Omaha, Nebraska civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a job discrimination (sex) theory.<br> <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Omaha_NE_Fed.png" alt="Federal Courthouse - Omaha, Nebraska"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Omaha, Nebraska<br> <P><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morel... More...
$0 (02-23-2023 - NE)Jane Doe v. Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges
Omaha, Nebraska civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a Civil Rights Act violation theory.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Omaha_NE_Fed.png" alt="Federal Courthouse - Omaha, Nebraska"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Omaha, Nebraska</a><br> <P><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.mo... More...
$0 (12-14-2021 - NE)Kathy Belcastro-Gonzalez v. City of Omaha, et al. </h2
Omaha, Nebraska civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants under 42 U.S.C. 2000e claiming to have been discriminated against because of her sex.<br> <br> The following facts are gleaned from the Order on Pretrial Conference, Filing No. 105 at 1-2; the parties respective statements of uncontroverted facts, Filing No. 86, Defendants' Brief at 1-6, Filing No. 95, Plaintiff's Brief... More...
$0 (09-23-2022 - NE)John Gruttenmeyer v. Transit Authority, of the City of Omaha, et al.
Omaha, Nebraska civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) violation theories.<br> <br> John Gruttemeyer claimed his former employer, the Transit Authority of the<br> City of Omaha (Metro), discriminated against him based on disability and retaliated<br> against him for protected activity when it terminated him in 2016. A jury found in<b... More...
$0 (04-14-2022 - NE)Luis Lucar v. Pillen Family Farms, Inc.
Lincoln, Nebraska employment lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a civil rights theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of employment discrimination. ... More...
$0 (03-02-2022 - NE)Tyne J. Youngs v. Industrial Services, Inc.
Lincoln, Nebraska civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff suing on a job discrimination theory under the Americans With Disabilities Act (29 U.S.C. 0794), which provides:<br> <br> "No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States, as defined in section 705(20) of this title, shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied... More...
$1 (05-13-2021 - NE)Timothy Mason v. Contitech North America, Inc., f/k/a Veyance Technologies, Inc.
Lincoln, Nebraska civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff on a job discrimination claim.... More...
$0 (05-11-2021 - NE)Jaima Geisert v. Automatic Equipment Manufacturing Co., d/b/a Blue Ox
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/DenneyFB_1426624419723.jpg"><br> </center><br> Omaha, NE - Jaima Geisert sued Automatic Equipment Manufacturing Co., d/b/a Blue Ox on a civil rights job discrimination (sex) theory.... More...
$1 (08-08-2019 - NE)Naticia Alcantara v. International Paper Company
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$1 (07-29-2019 - NE)Christopher J. Duffek v. City of Omaha
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$0 (05-07-2019 - NE)Todd L. Green v. Allied Oil & Tire Company
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$0 (04-26-2019 - NE)Kristin M. Jones v. Douglas County Sheriff's Department, of Douglas County, Nebraska
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/DenneyFB_1426624419723.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> The sheriff’s department of Douglas County decided not to reinstate Kristin M.<br> Jones. She sued Douglas County, alleging retaliation and sex, pregnancy, and<br> disability discrimination, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42<br> U.S.C. §§... More...
$0 (02-07-2019 - NE)STATE OF NEBRASKA V. DANIEL A. MEINTS, SR.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/beatricedailysun.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/c0/1c0c4db2-23d7-59b3-8b92-4f0ed1534a08/51e086e67d092.image.jpg?resize=200%2C150"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> The State charged Meints with four counts of violating § 16-623(A) of the Beatrice City Code. That provision of... More...
$0 (12-19-2018 - NE)Rhonda Olson v. City of Atkinson, Nebraska
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$0 (12-06-2018 - NE)Jeffrey W. McCrea v. L-3 Communications Integrated Systems, L.P.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.ned.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/images/nedBuildingsOmaLin300x130.gif"><br> </center><br> Omaha, NE - Jeffrey W. McCrea sued L-3 Communications Integrated Systems, L.P. on a civil rights employment discrimination theory.... More...
$0 (10-28-2018 - NE)Linda L. Faulkner v. Douglas County Nebraska
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.ned.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/images/nedBuildingsOmaLin300x130.gif"><br> </center><br> Linda Faulkner appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor<br> of Douglas County Department of Corrections (DCDC) in this employment dispute<br> based upon allegations of gender, age, and, most significantly, disability<br> discrimination ... More...
$0 (10-28-2018 - NE)Linda L. Faulkner v. Douglas County Nebraska
Linda Faulkner appeals the district court's 1 grant of summary judgment in favor<br> of Douglas County Department of Corrections (DCDC) in this employment dispute<br> based upon allegations of gender, age, and, most significantly, disability<br> 1The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, Chief Judge, United States District Court<br> for the District of Nebraska.<br> discrimination under state and federal c... More...
$0 (10-12-2018 - NE)STATE OF NEBRASKA V. LEANGELO COOK <table> <td>
At approximately 2:48 a.m. on April 13, 2014, 911 dispatch received a call from a man named Jeremy who stated that he was being followed by a black SUV and the occupants of the SUV were waving a handgun at him. Jeremy reported that he was driving a green Ford Expedition <br> - 2 - <br> and was northbound on 24th Street. He then provided an update to dispatch that he was westbound at 30th Street an... More...
$0 (06-09-2017 - NE)<h3>State of Nebraska v. Adrian Lester</h3>
On April 14, 2014, 15-year-old Allee H. sent a text message<br> to her high school classmate Justice Terpstra (Terpstra), asking<br> if he would sell her marijuana. Terpstra refused, after which<br> the text messages between Allee and Terpstra became contentious,<br> culminating in an agreement to meet at a park in Omaha,<br> Nebraska, to fight. Both Allee and Terpstra recruited others to<br> acco... More...
$0 (02-25-2017 - NE)<b>State of Nebraska v. Dustin Chauncey</b>
On July 11, 2008, police officers responding to a call to a house in Gering, Nebraska, found the body of 2-year-old Juliette Geurts. Juliette had lived in the house with her twin sister, Jaelyn Geurts; their mother, Charyse Geurts; and Chauncey, who was Charyse’s boyfriend. Charyse’s ex-boyfriend, Brandon Townsend, also lived in the house. When the first police officer entered the house, she s... More...
$0 (01-10-2017 - NE)Marshall v. EyeCare Specialties
In January 2007, EyeCare Specialties hired Marshall as an optical technician. Marshall previously worked as a registered nurse but “lost [her] nursing license” because of prescription drug abuse. Marshall said that she successfully completed treatment and did not abuse prescription drugs while she worked for EyeCare Specialties. She told her coworkers about her past drug abuse because they ask... More...
$0 (03-26-2016 - NE)Dowd Grain Co. v. County of Sarpy
On March 9, 2004, the Sarpy County Board of Commissioners supplemented the Sarpy County zoning ordinances by adopting an overlay district zoning ordinance (overlay ordinance). In effect, the overlay ordinance imposed additional regulations on land along a specified road corridor. These regulations included design guidelines. The original overlay ordinance applied only to future developments. It st... More...
$0 (08-17-2015 - NE)Stacy Cox v. First National Bank
Stacy A. Cox sued First National Bank of Omaha for gender discrimination<br> under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, after the Bank promoted a male<br> employee over Cox to Senior Vice President of Operations. The district court1<br> The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, Chief 1 Judge, United States District Court<br> for the District of Nebraska.<br> granted summary judgment to First National... More...
$0 (07-06-2015 - NE)John A. Kasel v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
John A. Kasel sustained injuries at a motel while he was<br> an employee of Union Pacific Railroad Company (Union<br> Pacific). Kasel sued Union Pacific and the motel. After the<br> parties settled, Union Pacific asserted a contractual right<br> of subrogation to the extent of medical payments made on<br> Kasel's behalf by a third-party administrator. The contract in<br> question created a lien or... More...
$0 (06-26-2015 - NE)Jacqueline Barnhardt v. Open Harvest Cooperati
Jacqueline Barnhardt appeals the district court's1 entry of summary judgment in favor of Open Harvest Cooperative ("Open Harvestâ€) on her claim alleging a<br><br>1The Honorable Warren K. Urbom, United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska.<br><br>violation of § 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISAâ€), 29 U.S.C. § 1140. For the reasons dis... More...
$0 (02-07-2014 - NE)Jaryl Ellis v. Robert Houston
Five African American officers who worked in the maximum security Nebraska State Penitentiary brought this action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 against five supervisors for race based harassment and retaliation. They seek both injunctive relief and monetary damages. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants after examining the evidence "as if there were but a single pl... More...
$0 (02-04-2014 - NE)Michael Argenyi v. Creighton University
Michael Argenyi, a young man with a serious hearing impairment, moved from Seattle to Omaha, Nebraska to attend medical school at Creighton University. Before enrolling Argenyi requested specific accommodations from Creighton for his hearing impairment. They were denied, but Argenyi repeatedly renewed them during his first two years at Creighton Medical School. He explained that without these acco... More...
$0 (01-16-2013 - NE)Ron Ryan v. Capital Contractors, Inc.
Ron Ryan sued his former employer, Capital Contractors, Inc. (Capital Contractors), under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq., the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., and the Nebraska Fair Employment Practices Act (NFEPA), Neb. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 48-1101 et seq. The district court granted 1 Capital Contractors' motion for s... More...
$0 (05-29-2012 - NE)Bernard Jones v. Rick McNeese
In this interlocutory appeal, Dr. Rick McNeese appeals the district court's denial of his motion for summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity. We remand the case to the district court for a more complete articulation of its analysis of Dr. McNeese's motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity.<br><br>I. BACKGROUND<br><br>The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (the ... More...
$0 (03-29-2012 - NE)Jennifer Crawford v. BNSF Railway Company
Jennifer Crawford, Gannon Dvorak, Ernest Magdaleno, David Peters, and Michael Meadows sued their employer BNSF Railway Company, alleging that they had been subjected to sexual and racial harassment by their supervisor Michael Duran in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The district court1 granted BNSF's motion for summary judgment, concluding that it was entitled to the affirm... More...
$0 (01-11-2012 - NE)Tim Dempsey v. City of Omaha
Tim Dempsey, the former Chief of Police for Elkhorn, Nebraska, appeals the district court's denial of his First Amendment retaliation claims against the City of Omaha. The events giving rise to this action occurred in the context of Omaha's contested and protracted annexation of Elkhorn. Throughout and following this process, Omaha hired most Elkhorn employees who sought employment with Omaha.<br>... More...
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