James has been an employee of Hyatt Regency Chicago (“Hyatt”) since 1985. In April 2007, James took a leave of absence due to an eye injury that occurred outside of work. James filed suit in 2009 claiming that Hyatt violated his rights under the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”)

Petitioner Adelina Tapia Guerrero was employed to provide in-home support services (IHSS) to eligible recipients in Sonoma County (County) under the In-Home Support Services Act. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 12300 et seq.1) She was never paid for any of the services she rendered to program recipient Alejandra Buenrostro from November 4, 2008 through January 29, 2009, despite a comprehensive scheme of

In this employment discrimination case, Roland Benavides appeals from a district court order that granted the City of Oklahoma City’s motion for summary judgment on Benavides’ claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131-12134, and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), affirm.

BACKGROUND

Benavides began working for the City as a po

[¶1] Jamie Fuhrmann appeals from the entry of a summary judgment in favor of Staples the Office Superstore East, Inc., by the Superior Court (York County, Fritzsche, J.) and the court’s dismissal of her claims against four individual supervisors, Christian Steppe, John LeMieux, Matthew Auger, and Annette Rodick, for whistleblower discrimination pursuant to the Whistleblowers’ Prot

Walker was employed as the Director of Kids First Head Start for Hitchcock under a one-year probationary contract for the 2008-09 school year. As Director, it was her job to facilitate collegial relationships between staff and communication between the Superintendent, staff, parents, and the Head Start Policy Council.

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In February 2009, Walker filed a complaint wi

In Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs, the Supreme Court held that a state employee may recover money damages in federal court for a state’s failure to comply with the family-care provision of the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA” or “the Act”). 538 U.S. 721, 725 (2003); see generally 29 U.S.C. § 2612(a)(1)(C). After the Supreme Court’s decision,

Plaintiff-Appellant Frank Brown filed this action against his former employer Defendant-Appellee ScriptPro, LLC, alleging violations of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 based on his termination in November 2008. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of ScriptPro, and Mr. Brown appeals. See Brown v

Leddrew Smith complains that the City of Niles (Michigan) interfered with his statutory right to take medical leave under the Family Medical Leave Act by failing to promote him when his supervisor retired and by eventually firing him. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendant. We affirm.

I.

From 1989 to 2010, Smith worked for the City of Niles in its utilities depa

Avery Richey, a sales manager at Power Toyota of Cerritos, was terminated from his job four weeks before the expiration of his approved medical leave under the Moore- Brown-Roberti Family Rights Act (CFRA) (Gov. Code, §§ 12945.1, 12945.2)1 because his employer believed Richey was misusing his leave by working part time in a restaurant he owned. Richey sued Power Toyota’s parent compan

John D. Anderson, a United States Postal Service (“USPS”) worker, suffers from asthma. While he is virtually symptom-free outside of the workplace, his asthma regularly flared up at his job as a parttime mail processor at a postal facility in Bedford Park, Illinois. Between 2002 and 2009, Anderson filed numerous Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) complaints, an Occupation

David Odum sued the Florida Department of Health and Kelly King claiming that he was fired from his job with the Health Department due to his age and the fact that he exercised his rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for his wife. He also claimed that he was retaliated against for reporting and opposing unlawful practices in violation of the Whistleblower's ACt.

Appellants Echostar Satellite L.L.C. and Dish Network Service, L.L.C. (“Appellants”), appeal a jury verdict and judgment rendered in favor of Ray Aguilar (“Aguilar”). Appellants bring five issues: (1) legal and factual insufficiency of Aguilar’s evidence that Appellants’ uniform application of their absence control policy was a violation of Chapter 451 of th

Following a favorable jury verdict in his Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) case against Prefix, Incorporated, Jonathan Bell appeals the district court’s use of the statutory language of 28 U.S.C. § 1961 to calculate prejudgment interest under 29 U.S.C. § 2617(a)(1)(A). For the following reasons, we AFFIRM the district court’s judgment.

I.

On November 18, 2009,

Catherine Robert had worked as supervisor of released adult offenders for ten years when she developed sacroiliac joint dysfunction. After a lengthy leave of absence, including the period authorized by the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), Robert remained unable to perform all of her required duties, and she was terminated. For the reasons stated hereafter, we conclude that Robert

Plaintiffs-appellants Patti Whitmire Carlton and Pamela Reed are both former employees of defendant-appellee Houston Community College (HCC). Their claims here arise primarily from their complaints about alleged sexual harassment by HCC’s Interim Chancellor, Norm Nielsen, and subsequent retaliation by HCC after they reported that harassment. The trial court granted summary judgment in HCCâ

Plaintiff-appellant Edward Donnelly, a high school teacher, sued defendantsappellees – the Greenburgh Central School District No. 7, his former employer, and three of his supervisors there (collectively “the District,” unless otherwise noted) – in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Lewis A. Kaplan, Judge). Donnelly alleged inter alia t

In this workers' compensation case, appellee Ronnie Esparza seeks workers' compensation benefits for an injury that he allegedly sustained while employed with appellant the City of Austin. After the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission denied his claim, Esparza appealed the determination in district court. (1) See Tex. Lab. Code Ann. §§ 410.251, 410.301-.308 (West 2006 & Supp. 2011). A j

Appellant Jamie Lichtenstein alleges that her employer, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC),1 terminated her employment in violation of the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. The District Court granted summary judgment to UPMC on Lichtenstein‘s retaliation and interference claims. Lichtenstein‘s challenge to the District Court‘s decisi

Toni Bone appeals the district court’s grant 1 of summary judgment in favor of her employer, G4S Youth Services, LLC (“G4S”), and her supervisor, Todd Speight, on Bone’s claims that they terminated her employment based on her race, age, and use of family medical leave. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

G4S began operating the Alexander Ju

Plaintiff Michael Emswiler sued his employer, CSX Transportation, Inc. (“CSX”), a railroad, and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (“BLET”) after his seniority on the roster of train engineers was adjusted in May 2009. Emswiler alleged breach of collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”), breach of duty of fair representation, and disability discr

In this employment discrimination suit, Ousman Cham alleges that the defendant, Station Operators, discriminated against him on the basis of race and national origin, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and retaliated against him for taking medical leave, in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.

Teresa Hernandez sued Valley View Hospital Association for race and national origin discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e to 2000e17.1 The district court granted summary judgment for Valley View on Ms. Hernandez’s claims for hostile work environment and constructive discharge, and dismissed her retaliation claim as time-barred.

Janice Gecewicz appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to her former employer in this employment-discrimination case. We affirm.

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Henry Ford Macomb Hospital has a policy meant to penalize excessive unscheduled absences from work. An absence that was not scheduled in advance with the employee’s supervisor was noted on the employee’s emplo

Plaintiff TANYA E. DAVIS, by and through her attorney of
record, I. Derek Engle of E. Terrill Corley & Associates, and filed this Petition against Defendants EAN SERVICES, LLC, ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC. and ENTERPRISE LEASING COMPANY-SOUTHWEST and alleges as follows:

I. PARTIES, JURISDICTION AND VENUE

1. Plaintiff TANYA E. DAVIS is an individual residing in Muskogee, Muskogee

Plaintiff Quincey Gerald Keeler appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of his employer, Aramark Healthcare Support Services, LLC (Aramark) and his supervisor, Larry Gengler. He challenges the district court’s * After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determinatio