This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted to an employer after one of its former employees filed suit alleging the employer fired her because she was pregnant. The plaintiff alleges violations of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (Gov. Code, §12900 et seq.), specifically sections 12940 (setting out specific types of unlawful conduct by employers, labor organizations, employme

41 Plaintiff Joseph J. Giordano worked as the Chief Financial
42 Officer (CFO) of Thomson Industries, Inc. (hereafter “TII” or
43 “the company”) from September 2000 to October 2002. During that

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1 period, while TII was in the process of selling itself to
2 defendant Danaher Corporation (“Danaher”), Giordano made some
3 inquiries as to whether he wou

Colleen Donlin sued Philips Electronics North America Corporation for employment discrimination after it failed to hire her as a full-time employee. The case was tried before a jury and Donlin was awarded $164,850 in compensatory damages. Philips appealed, raising various challenges to liability and damages. Donlin filed a cross-appeal. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm the jury’s find

Plaintiff Richard Robinson (“Robinson”), a sergeant with the Los Angeles County Office of Public Safety (“OPS”), filed a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the County of Los Angeles (“Los Angeles”) and several OPS officers (“Defendants”) alleging that he was denied promotion in violation of his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights because he reported misconduct

Donald E. Sable II alleges that the City Council of the City of Nichols Hills, Oklahoma, sought to condemn his property in retaliation for his having brought a successful quiet-title suit against the City. He sued the City and several councilors under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The councilors argued that legislative immunity protected them from suit. The district court disagreed and the councilors (Defend

Marsalette S. Winsley filed this action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against her former employer, Cook County, Illinois (the “County”), alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”),1 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. Cook County filed a motion for summary j

After their termination from employment with Abbott Laboratories, plaintiffs Scott Antonetti, Jerald Fuhrer, and Cindy Nadiger sued their former employer, claiming that they were terminated on account of their race and national origin. Nadiger also claimed that her termination constituted unlawful retaliation in response to her complaints of sex discrimination. The district court granted summary j

Plaintiff-Appellant, Betty Pinkerton, appeals from the grant of summary judgment in her employment discrimination action. Ms. Pinkerton was employed by Defendant-Appellee, the Colorado Department of Transportation (“CDOT”), -2- from April 1995 until her termination on March 27, 2003. Prior to Ms. Pinkerton’s termination, her superiors within CDOT had held multiple meetings regarding her sub-

Donald E. Sable II alleges that the City Council of the City of Nichols Hills, Oklahoma, sought to condemn his property in retaliation for his having brought a successful quiet-title suit against the City. He sued the City and several councilors under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The councilors argued that legislative immunity protected them from suit. The district court disagreed and the councilors (Defen

Sharry McDonald appeals the circuit court's judgment dismissing with prejudice her petition for damages for wrongful termination against the City of Kansas City, Missouri. The City filed a motion to dismiss, which the circuit court granted. McDonald contends that, because she filed a first amended petition for damages before a responsive pleading had been served, the original petition for damages

Plaintiff Freddie L. Grisby appeals the district court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of his former employer Boeing Co. (“Boeing”) on his claims of employment discrimination. He does not contend that the district court entered judgment in error; rather, he argues that his trial counsel’s inadequate representation requires a remand for further proceedings. He further contends that his

Defendant DTG Operations, Inc. (the “Company”), a rental car company, appeals an adverse jury verdict in favor of Plaintiff Terri Wallace, a former station manager for the Company, on her retaliation claim under the Missouri Human Rights Act (the “Act”). We affirm in all respects except as to the punitive damages award.

We reduce the punitive damages award to $120,000, which is four

After allegedly overhearing a harassing comment made by one unionized employee to another, plaintiff Hector Garcia reported the incident by sending letters to his employer and to the home addresses of various union officials. Garcia lied about how he obtained the private home contact information, and defendant Daimler Chrysler suspended him pending an investigation. Plaintiff sued his employer, th

Michael Andrew appeals from the district court’s order granting the Defendants’ motion to dismiss this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action for failure to state a claim pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Andrew named as defendants two former Baltimore Police Department ("BPD") police commissioners and a BPD deputy police commissioner. Andrew contends tha

In this employment discrimination case, the issue on appeal is whether a police officer’s request to wear religious garb with her uniform could be reasonably accommodated without imposing an undue burden upon the City of Philadelphia. On the facts presented, the District Court held it could not. Webb v. City of Philadelphia, No. 05-5283, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46872 (E.D. Pa. June 27, 2007). We a

The Lilly Health Plan appeals the order of the District Court entering judgment on behalf of a claimant who sought severance benefits pursuant to an ERISA-governed plan. Applying the recent decision of the Supreme Court in Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Glenn, 128 S.Ct. 2343 (2008), we conclude that the plan administrator’s decision to deny benefits was not an abuse of discretion. We will, t

An application for employment contains an arbitration clause providing, “I agree, in the event I am hired by the company, that all disputes and claims that might arise out of my employment with the company will be submitted to binding arbitration.” Is the arbitration agreement one-sided, obligating the applicant-employee (if she is hired) to arbitrate her claims without imposing a reciprocal r

The plaintiff, Jay A. MacKenzie, appeals the Superior Court (McGuire, J.) order granting the motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) or, alternatively, to set aside the verdict, filed by the defendants, Rockingham County Sheriff Daniel Linehan and Rockingham County. The trial court’s decision overturned a $500,000 jury verdict award in favor of the plaintiff upon his claims for wr

¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Plaintiff, a former University of Vermont (UVM) student, sued the university for monetary damages, claiming discrimination under the Vermont Public Accommodations Act (VPAA). Plaintiff complained that UVM did not treat her report of rape by another student as a harassment claim and did not investigate her charge as required by 16 V.S.A. § 14, a statute designed to

These consolidated cases arise out of plaintiffs’ adverse employment claims. In Docket No. 279997, plaintiff John Bedo appeals by leave granted the trial court order granting defendant City of Ecorse summary disposition as to his claim under the Whistleblower’s Protection Act (WPA), MCL 15.361 et seq. In Docket No. 280693, defendant appeals as of right the jury verdict in favor of plaintiff Ro

Plaintiff-appellant Robin Allen Morris appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee Family Dollar Stores of Ohio, Inc. (“Family Dollar”). After Morris was terminated from Family Dollar, he filed a complaint against Family Dollar alleging: (1) violation of the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”); (2) violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of

Roger Turner sued his employer, the City of Akron, for claims of discrimination, retaliation, and retaliatory harassment. The City sought summary judgment, arguing inter alia that it had legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons for its actions. Over Turner’s opposition, the district court granted summary judgment to the City. Turner appeals. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm. Even assuming

On August 8, 2005, Prefix, Inc., terminated Jonathan Bell. Bell sued under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), claiming that he was discharged in retaliation for leaves of absence he had recently taken to care for his dying father. The district court granted summary judgment for Prefix, and Bell appeals. We reverse because Bell has made a prima facie case of unlawful discrimination and has pr

This is an appeal from a jury verdict in favor of defendant, Tennessee Department of Transportation, in an action for race discrimination by plaintiff, Gregory Cobbins, pursuant to Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. On appeal, Cobbins claims error in two evidentiary rulings by the district court: (1) the exclusion of an exhibit offered by plaintiff as hearsay due to the lack of an appropriate w

Plaintiffs-appellants John Miller, Jr., the Canton Police Patrolman’s Association (“Union”), and Steven Fowler appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees the City of Canton (the “City”), Safety Director Bernard Hunt, Chief of Police Dean McKimm, Ronald Shank, and Gregory Boudreaux. The plaintiffs allege that the defendants retaliated against