Wyoming Employment Law
United States of America .v David Leon-Campos
Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry after deportation.<br> <br> David Leon-Campos, 33, of Guanajuato, Mexico, was sentenced to 7 months' imprisonment and will be deported for illegal reentry into the United States and employment document fraud. According to court documents, on July 14, 2024, Leon-Campos was arrested in Sweetwater County... More...
$0 (07-16-2025 - WY)Darren J. Gray v. State of Wyoming, ex rel Department of Workforce Services, Workers' compensation Division
<h2><br> Newcastle, Wyoming workers' compensation lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> [¶3] In April 2022, Mr. Gray began working for Keyhole Technologies, a company that provides on-site traffic control for road construction projects. On his third day of work, Mr. Gray began the day assembling some equipment, filling sandbags, and driving a traffic-control truck behind the sign c... More...
$0 (08-27-2024 - WY)Lance V. Mickelson v. BNSF Railroad Company
Casper, Wyoming personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant Federal Employer's Liability Act negligence theory.<br> <br> The Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), codified at 45 U.S.C.S. § 51-60, governs the right of railroad employees injured, sickened or killed in the course of their employment through an employer's negligence to sue the employer for damages. 45 ... More...
$1 (01-31-2024 - wy)Andrew J. Johnson v. City of Cheyenne, et al.
Cheyenne, Wyoming personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights Violation theories.<br> <br> This matter comes before the Court on Defendant Spencer's Motion to Dismiss<br> (ECF No. 17), Defendant Estate of George W. Stanford's Motion to Dismiss (ECF No.<br> 45), and Defendant City of Cheyenne's Renewed Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a<br> Claim ... More...
$0 (08-20-2020 - WY)Andrew J. Johnson v. Cheyenne, Wyoming, et al.
Cheyenne, Wyoming personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories claiming he was wrongfully convicted and imprison for a crime he did not commit.<br> <br> 1. Andrew J. Johnson ("Plaintiff or "Mr. Johnson"), now 67 years old, was<br> imprisoned for nearly twenty-four (24) years for crimes he did not commit. In September 1989,<br> he was ... More...
$0 (02-27-2022 - WY)City of Rawlins v. Stephanie Schofield
Rawlins, Wyoming civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a wrongful termination theory.<br> <br> <br> Stephanie Schofield challenged her termination from the City of Rawlins Fire Department (Fire Department). The district court determined that the procedures leading to her dismissal violated Ms. Schofield's right to due process and reversed the Rawlins Fire Department ... More...
$0 (08-24-2022 - WY)Linda Knutson v. Memorial Hospital of Laramie County, d/b/a Cheyenne Regional Medical Center
Cheyenne, Wyoming civil rights employment lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on an Americans with Disabilities Act violation.... More...
$1 (03-24-2022 - WY)Shawn Puente v. State of Wyoming
Cheyenne, Wyoming employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff who claimed he was discriminated against a former special agent or forced him to resign because he was Hispanic, or because he pursued action against what he said were discriminatory employment practices.<br> <br> Shawn Puente was a special agent for the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation from 2005 to 2013. He claimed that he w... More...
$0 (03-25-2022 - WY)Sarah L. Paul v. Wyoming Auto Investments LLC, d/b/a Denny Menholt Chevrolet Buick GMC
Cheyenne, WY - Civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an employment discrimination theory under 42 U.S.C. 2000e.... More...
$1 (10-25-2021 - WY)Philip Saunders v. CNC Oilfield Services, LLC
Cheyenne, WY: Employment law lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards act denial of overtime compensation theory under 29 U.S.C. 201.... More...
$1 (09-01-2021 - WY)Misty Clevenger v. Guernsey, Wyoming, et al.
Cheyenne, WY: Civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an employment discrimination theory.<br> ... More...
$0 (10-13-2021 - WY)Michelle Alcorn v. Jay Harrison and La Barge, Wyoming
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$0 (08-17-2018 - WY)United States of America v. Jason August Obermueller
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/wy/images/cheyen~1.jpg"><br> </center><br> Cheyenne, WY - The United States of America charged Jason August Obermueller with being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922, which provides:<br> <br> (a) It shall be unlawful—<br> <br> (1) for any person—<br> <br> (A) except a licensed importer, license... More...
$0 (09-10-2019 - WY)Diane Smith v. Cheyenne Retirement Investors,L.P., d/b/a Point Frontier Retirement Community
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.wyd.uscourts.gov/images/cheyennecourthouse.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Plaintiff Diane Smith, a former employee of the Pointe Frontier assisted living<br> facility in Cheyenne, Wyoming, brings this suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights<br> Act of 1964 alleging that she was unlawfully terminated by Pointe Frontier in 2014 in<br> 2<br> retaliation fo... More...
$0 (10-01-2018 - WY)Katherine K. Morgan v. Baker Hughes Incorporated
Katherine Morgan, as wrongful death representative of her deceased husband<br> David Morgan, appeals the district court’s grant of judgment as matter of law<br> (“JMOL”) in favor of Baker Hughes Incorporated, issued after trial but before the<br> case was submitted to the jury. Because material disputes in the evidence remain for<br> resolution by the jury, we conclude that JMOL was inapprop... More...
$0 (04-09-2018 - WY)STATE OF MONTANA v. DENNIS LEO SCHOWENGERDT <table> <td>
The initial facts of the case are undisputed: On December 8, 2012, Schowengerdt <br> killed his wife, Tina Schowengerdt, by repeatedly stabbing her in their home near Deer <br> Lodge. The following morning, Schowengerdt drove to the police station in Deer Lodge <br> and, in a recorded statement, told officers that last night he, “killed that son of a bitch [he] <br> was living with. So arrest ... More...
$0 (01-19-2018 - WY)CINDY WILLIAMS and WILLIAM WILLIAMS v. PLAINS TIRE & BATTERY CO., INC. <table> <td>
On September 27, 2010, Mrs. Williams and her brother, Wayne Campbell, took the Williams’ trailer to a store operated by Plains in Evanston, Wyoming for a repair. They entered the building through a side door that led into the repair shop and found their way to the front office. After arranging for the repair, they left the same way they had come. <br> [¶4] They returned to the store that aft... More...
$0 (11-29-2017 - WY)Chad Dockter v. The State of Wyoming <table> <td>
Viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the State and resolving any evidentiary conflicts in its favor, see Barrowes v. State, 2017 WY 23, ¶ 3, 390 P.3d 1126, 1126 (Wyo. 2017), the pertinent facts established at trial are as follows. Appellant and the victim Amanda Yearsley dated for six months before Ms. Yearsley ended the relationship in May 2015. Ms. Yearsly then met with Appellant... More...
$0 (06-07-2017 - WY)Roger Garling v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Roger Garling, Sheryl Garling, and their business, R and D Enterprises, Inc., <br> (collectively, “the Garlings”) sued the United States for damages arising from an <br> FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit <br> <br> March 7, 2017 <br> <br> Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court <br> <br> <br> - 2 - <br> <br> Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) raid and investigation of... More...
$0 (03-10-2017 - WY)Matthew Carabajal a/k/a Mathew K. Carabajal Jacoby v. City of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Josh Thornton and Michael Sutton
Plaintiffs-Appellants Mathew Carabajal and his son, V.M.C., through<br> Mathew and V.M.C.’s mother, Arianna Martinez, appeal from the district court’s<br> judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellees Officers Joshua Thornton and Michael<br> Sutton, and Defendant-Appellee City of Cheyenne (“the City”). On appeal,<br> Plaintiffs challenge the district court’s grant of a motion to dismiss Plai... More...
$0 (02-10-2017 - WY)<b>Bret Vance v. City of Laramie</b> <b><h3>Case No. - 2016 WY 106 </B></h3>
On December 5, 2012, Mr. Vance reported for work as a shift commander for the City’s fire department and was notified that he had been randomly selected for alcohol detection testing. Two breathalyzer tests performed minutes apart detected a low level of alcohol in his blood stream. Mr. Vance had previously been disciplined for testing positive for cocaine in 2010. Under the City’s policie... More...
$0 (11-11-2016 - WY)<b>Skuyler Salinas v. The State of Wyoming</b></h2.
Appellant and Ashley Martinez’s relationship ended a year after their daughter, L.S., was born. After some time had passed, an incident occurred in Fort Collins, Colorado. While Ms. Martinez, her date, and L.S. were stopped at a traffic light, Appellant, who apparently had been following them, came over and began punching her car and yelling at them. Ms. Martinez was eventually able to drive ... More...
$0 (10-10-2016 - WY)Russell Robinson, Jr. v. The State of Wyoming
Pursuant to a plea agreement, Robinson pled no contest to one count of sexual battery, a misdemeanor, in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-313(LexisNexis 2015) and to one count of false imprisonment, also a misdemeanor, in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-203(a) (LexisNexis 2015). Because the plea was one of no contest, Robinson was not required to provide a factual basis himself.1 <br> [... More...
$0 (09-08-2016 - WY)United States of America v. Richard Anthony Root
Richard Anthony Root, 52, of Granger, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on July 22, 2016, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Root was arrested in Granger, Wyoming. He received 38 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment. This case was investigated by the Sweetwater... More...
$0 (07-28-2016 - WY)State of Wyoming, et al. v. United States Department of the Interior, et al.
This matter comes before the Court on the Petitions for Review of Final Agency Action filed separately in each of these consolidated actions, challenging the Bureau of Land Management's issuance of regulations applying to hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands. The Court, having considered the briefs and materials submitted in support of the petitions and the oppositions thereto, includi... More...
$0 (06-23-2016 - WY)Robert L. Kroenlein Trust By and Through Deborah Alden, Successor Trustee, and Chugwater Brewing Company, Inc., a Wyoming Corporation Gary v. Bruce Kirchhefer, Commodore Bar, Inc., Rick L. Bowen, Silver Dollar Bar of Lusk, Llc., and Larry H. Halligan
J&B Package Liquor (J&B) is a liquor store located in Torrington, Wyoming. J&B was originally owned by the Robert L. Kroenlein Trust (Kroenlein Trust), and prior to November 2004, was operated and managed by Robert Kroenlein and his wife, Betty Kroenlein. In November 2004, both Robert and Betty Kroenlein passed away and their daughter, Deborah Alden, became the successor trustee of the Kroenlein... More...
$0 (03-21-2016 - WY)Pennaco Energy, Inc. v. Brett L. Sorenson, Trustee of the Brett L. Sorenson Trust Dated November 2, 2011
Sorenson owns a ranch along the Powder River near the town of Arvada, Wyoming. The ranch land is a split estate for mineral development purposes; that is, the surface estate is owned by Sorenson and the mineral estate is owned by several parties. Specifically, the minerals are owned in part by seven private parties, the State of Wyoming and Sorenson. The third party mineral owners, including t... More...
$0 (03-20-2016 - WY)Marty Wayne Rhodes v. The State of Wyoming
Appellant and the victim’s mother, Tanya Van Patten, met in Arizona in 2006, when the victim was eight years old. Appellant and Ms. Van Patten subsequently married and had three children together between 2006 and 2011. During the majority of this time, the victim lived with Ms. Van Patten’s parents in Jackson, Wyoming. In December 2011, the victim moved into Appellant’s and Ms. Van Patten’... More...
$0 (02-21-2016 - WY)William Cossey Miller The State of Wyoming
Mr. Miller pleaded guilty to one count of second degree sexual abuse of a minor in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-315(a)(i) (LexisNexis 2013).1 On February 14, 2014, the district court sentenced him to five to ten years of incarceration, but suspended the sentence and ordered him to serve six years on supervised probation. The terms of his probation included: That said Defendant will remai... More...
$0 (02-19-2016 - WY)Christopher Michael Town v. The State of Wyoming bv
On October 3, 2013, the State filed an information charging Appellant with the first degree murder of his estranged wife. In the accompanying Affidavit of Probable Cause, a Cheyenne police detective stated that at approximately 9:00 p.m. on the previous night, a man called 911 and said he had shot and killed his wife. The police arrived at the residence and found Appellant outside. Inside, they... More...
$0 (02-19-2016 - WY)Heather A. Harada v. The State of Wyoming
In February 2010, while Ms. Harada was an employee of Cheyenne Transitional Center, a community correctional facility, she had a sexual relationship with an inmate at the facility. On January 7, 2011, the State filed an information charging Ms. Harada with one count of second degree sexual assault, in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. §6-2303(a)(vii), which prohibits a correctional employee from hav... More...
$0 (02-16-2016 - WY)Charley Collins v. COP Wyoming, LLC
Charley and his son, Brett, were both employed by Appellee COP Wyoming, LLC. Appellee Roger Ross was also employed by COP Wyoming, as the job superintendent and supervisor in charge of safety at the same job site. On August 20, 2012, Mr. Ross was operating a large track hoe excavator to excavate insidea trench box at the job site. Mr. Ross instructed Brett to enter the trench box and work there w... More...
$0 (02-13-2016 - WY)Charley Collins v. COP Wyoming, LLC a Wyoming Limited Liability Company and Roger Ross
Charley and his son, Brett, were both employed by Appellee COP Wyoming, LLC. Appellee Roger Ross was also employed by COP Wyoming, as the job superintendent and supervisor in charge of safety at the same job site. On August 20, 2012, Mr. Ross was operating a large track hoe excavator to excavate insidea trench box at the job site. Mr. Ross instructed Brett to enter the trench box and work there wh... More...
$0 (02-10-2016 - WY)Basic Energy Services, L.P. v. Petroleum Resource Management, Corp., and PRM Partners I, LLC
PRM Partners is a leaseholder of lands which cover an oil well identified as Fuller Federal No. 5-18 (No. 5-18)near Shoshoni, Wyoming. PRM Partners designated PRM1 as operator of No. 5-18 on January 1, 2000. PRM later contracted with Hot Oil to “furnish all necessary labor and equipment to perform in a good and workmanlike manner the pumping services . . . on [No. 5-18.]”2 The Well Pumping ... More...
$0 (02-07-2016 - WY)Nathaniel Castellanos V. The State of Wyoming
On August 23, 2011, Mr. Castellanos decided to take a few days leave from his employment to deal with the stress he was experiencing from a break-up with his fiancé that afternoon and from child custody disputes he was having with his ex-wife. That evening, he sent text messages to his friend Megan McIntosh inviting her for a beer and to play poker at Mingles Bar in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The two ... More...
$0 (01-26-2016 - WY)Kathy S. Crofts State of Wyoming, ex rel., Department of Game and Fish
Kathy Crofts was a long-term Game & Fish employee. At all relevant times, Ms. Crofts was a wildlife investigator based in Cody, and was entitled to the protections provided to full-time, permanent employees by the Stateof Wyoming’s Personnel Rules.<br> [¶4] Ms. Crofts was issued a one-day suspension without pay on October 13, 2011. That suspension was based upon Ms. Crofts’ insubordinate beh... More...
$0 (01-08-2016 - WY)Elton Henry v. The State of Wyoming
The underlying facts of this case are not directly relevant to the issues on appeal. In summary, the State charged Mr. Henry with nine felony counts of sexual abuse of his two young grandchildren. The State and Mr. Henry entered into a written plea agreement in which he pleaded no contest to one count of first degree sexual abuse of a minor under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-314(a)(i) (LexisNexis 2015... More...
$0 (12-22-2015 - WY)Elton Henry v. The State of Wyoming
The underlying facts of this case are not directly relevant to the issues on appeal. In summary, the State charged Mr. Henry with nine felony counts of sexual abuse of his two young grandchildren. The State and Mr. Henry entered into a written plea agreement in which he pleaded no contest to one count of first degree sexual abuse of a minor under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-314(a)(i) (LexisNexis 2015... More...
$0 (12-16-2015 - WY)Stacy R. Dellit v. Joshua M. Tracy
The parties, who never married, are the parents of two minor children born in 2006 and 2008. Father and Mother remained together for a period of time after both children were born, but eventually separated in 2009. As a result, Father filed a petition to establish custody and visitation. The parties came to an agreement and filed a stipulated order establishing custody and visitation, which was... More...
$0 (12-07-2015 - WY)Stacy R. Dellit v. Joshua M. Tracy
The parties, who never married, are the parents of two minor children born in 2006 and 2008. Father and Mother remained together for a period of time after both children were born, but eventually separated in 2009. As a result, Father filed a petition to establish custody and visitation. The parties came to an agreement and filed a stipulated order establishing custody and visitation, which was... More...
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