Gregg Hill sued First Citizens Banc Corp. and Mr. Money Finance Co. (“First Citizens” and “Mr. Money”; collectively, “Defendants”) for retaliation and wrongful termination, in violation of Ohio and federal whistleblower laws, and Ohio public policy. Defendants counterclaimed, seeking sanctions, alleging frivolous conduct by Hill under Ohio Civ. R. 11, Ohio Rev. Code §2323.51 and Fed.

Debra Azonobi O'Neal sued Florida A&M University on a retaliation theory after she was fired after she reported misuse of funds in the Life Gets Better Scholarship Program. She claimed that FAMU officials started to make recommendations to fire her after she reported her finings to the state Inspector General's Office in 2002.

The defenses asserted by Defendant are not available.

In this accelerated interlocutory appeal, police officers Dan Turner and Henry Bonaparte challenge the trial court=s denial of their assertions of qualified and official immunity. Appellee Troy Perry sued appellants, his former supervisors, alleging that they took adverse employment actions against him and slandered him in retaliation for his official complaint accusing them of unlawful conduct.

Appellant, Dr. Nyla Ptomey, appeals a summary judgment granted in favor of appellee Texas Tech University on each of her claims of unlawful age and sex discrimination and retaliation. Finding by its traditional motion for summary judgment Texas Tech conclusively proved a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for the adverse employment actions of which Ptomey complains and that the evidence does n

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 253, as amended, 42 U. S. C. §2000e et seq. (2000 ed. and Supp.V), forbids retaliation by employers against employeeswho report workplace race or gender discrimination. The question here is whether this protection extends to an employee who speaks out about discrimination not on her own initiative, but in answering questions during anemployer’

A jury awarded plaintiff Kevin Tobin more than $1.3 million in damages based on the failure of his employer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, to accommodate his disability as required by federal and state law. The district court subsequently ordered a $90,000 remittitur, but rejected Liberty Mutual's contention that the evidence was insufficient to support either liability or the remaining damage

Bernice Peoples, age 61, sued Contra Costa County, Gus S. Kramer and Lori Koch on sexual harassment and retaliation theories under 42 U.S.C. 2000(e). The longtime junior appraiser claimed that she was sexually harassed by Gus Kramer and for retaliating against her for complaining. Peoples claimed that Kramer was a serial sexual harasser. Plaintiff, an entry-level appraiser for two decades, filed

This action arises out of a contract between Donald Maynard and the University of South Florida ("the University") that regulated the terms and conditions of Maynard's participation as a resident in the University's surgical residency program.

The University's decision to terminate Maynard from the program resulted in both state and federal litigation, culminating in the instant appeal.

¶1 David Lake appeals the superior court’s order in favor of the City of Phoenix, in Lake’s statutory special action to compel the City to produce documents pursuant to Arizona’s public records law, Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) sections 39-121 to -121.03 (2001 and Supp. 2008).1 For the following reasons, we affirm the superior court’s order in part, reverse in part, and remand

Before O’BRIEN, McCONNELL, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges. Derek Sunderman appeals the district court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of his prior employer, Westar Energy, Inc. (Westar), on his claim that he was terminated from his job in retaliation for engaging in protected activity under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17. Exercising jurisdiction

Pro se plaintiff-appellant Lourdes E. Trujillo appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the Board of Education of the Albuquerque Public Schools and Anthony Griego in two separate district court cases. In the first case, No. 1:02-cv-01509-JAP-RLP, Ms. Trujillo, who is originally from Puerto Rico, argued defendants discriminated against her on the basis of gender and nationa

Rajeanna Dixon, an investigative assistant for the Oklahoma Board of Veterinary and Medical Examiners (“OBVME”), lost her job partly because she discussed OBVME’s investigation of a dogfighting ring with a member of the veterinarian trade association. She brought a § 1983 action against OBVME and her supervisor, Cathy Kirkpatrick, alleging that she had been fired in violation of her constit

We must determine whether Steve Cooley, Steven Sowders, Curt Livesay, Anthony Patchett, and Curtis Hazell (collectively, the “Defendants”) are entitled in their individual capacities to qualified immunity in this § 1983 First Amendment retaliation case.1 Resolving this question involves, in part, David Eng’s claim that he was retaliated against by the 1Eng’s complaint also identifies as d

Vernon Greg Smith appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment against him and in favor of Caterpillar, Inc. Smith contends that he was wrongfully discharged from an implied employment contract with Caterpillar after he threatened to report potential safety issues to the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. He further alleges that Caterpillar breached his implied

The plaintiff, Kenneth Clack, appeals from the order granting summary judgment to the defendants, Rock-Tenn Company and Rock-Tenn’s Mill Division, that was entered on Clack’s claims that his termination constituted racial discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. The magistrate judge, sitting as the district court by

Plaintiff Mike Fitzpatrick appeals from the entry of summary judgment in favor of defendants, the City of Frankfort, Kentucky, and its Fire Chief Wallace Possich, on plaintiff’s claim of retaliation in violation of his First Amendment rights. 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 Plaintiff argues that it was error to conclude that he could not state a claim under Pickering’s two-part test for First Amendment re

William Tsai brought a Title VII discrimination suit against his employer, the Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA). Mr. Tsai, a native of Burma, alleged that MAA refused to reclassify his administrative position into a higher pay grade for discriminatory and retaliatory reasons in violation of Title VII. MAA filed a motion captioned “motion to dismiss or in the alternative for summary judgmen

In this employment case, plaintiff, Robert A. Bauer, a police officer in Galloway Township, appeals the Law Division's order of March 30, 2007 granting summary judgment to defendants, Galloway Township Police Department ("the Department"), Police Lieutenant Allan Kane ("Lieutenant Kane") and Police Sergeant Norman Meyers ("Sergeant Meyers"). Plaintiff alleges that defendants had engaged in

Plaintiff Kenneth Thorson appeals from the order of February 15, 2006, granting summary judgment to defendants PSEG Power, LLC, PSEG Services Corp., and Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), and dismissing the complaint. We reverse.

The facts set forth by plaintiff in opposition to summary judgment are as follows. Plaintiff began employment with PSEG in August 1971 and worked as a

In the underlying action, the trial court granted nonsuit on appellant John Sandoval’s claim for violation of due process against respondent Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services (DPSS). Following a jury verdict in favor of DPSS on Sandoval’s remaining claims against DPSS for civil rights violations and wrongful termination, the trial court entered judgment for DPSS and denie

Julie Ann Wilson appeals from a judgment in favor of her employer the County of Orange (the County). Wilson is a radio dispatcher at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s (the Department) county-wide emergency communications system. She sued the County under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) (Gov. Code, § 12940, subds. (m) & (n)),1 contending it failed to make reasonable accommoda

Plaintiff, C.R., appeals from a judgment entered in favor of defendant, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, after her demurrer was sustained without leave to amend her first amended complaint. Plaintiff alleged she was a patient at Encino Tarzana Medical Center (the medical center). She was molested by, Ramon Eduardo Gaspar, one of defendant’s employees. We reverse the dismissal order. Upon remittitur

Appellant, Charlene Bifulco appeals from a final summary judgment entered in favor of her former employer, Patient Business & Financial Services, Inc., on her complaint alleging that PBFS violated Florida's Private Whistle Blower Act and Workers' Compensation Law when it terminated her employment for retaliatory purposes. We affirm without discussion as to the private whistle blower count but reve

Plaintiff Margaret Cortright appeals from the circuit court’s November 21, 2006 order dismissing with prejudice her intentional tort claims (counts I, II, and III) and reaffirming the dismissal of her discrimination claims (counts IV, V and VI) under a previous ruling. Cortright v. Doyle, No. 01 L 02886 (Cir. Ct. Cook Co.). On appeal, the plaintiff alleged that: (1) the intentional tort claims w

Plaintiff brought this action against her former employer, Ann Sacks Tile & Stone, Inc. (ASTS), and its parent company, Kohler Co. She alleged that defendants discriminated against her on the basis of sexual orientation and terminated her employment in retaliation for her complaints about unlawful discrimination. A jury found for defendants on plaintiff's unlawful discharge claim under the Portl