Following a jury trial, IBP, Inc., was found to have retaliated against an employee, Guillermo Sanjuan, in violation of Kansas public policy, after Sanjuan exercised rights available to him under the Kansas Workers Compensation Act, Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 44-501 to -5125. On appeal, IBP makes numerous allegations of error by the district court, including a refusal to grant judgment as a matter of law;

In April, 1994, Duffy and McPhillips applied for the position of Chief Probation Officer for the Southern District of Iowa. Duffy had worked in the Des Moines, Iowa, probation office since 1974, while McPhillips had extensive experience working in probation offices in Minnesota and Texas. After interviewing both candidates, a three-judge panel awarded the position to McPhillips. After McPhill

Sonya Stewart, an employee of the Department of Commerce, sued the Secretary of Commerce and two departmental employees, alleging that another employee discriminated against her because of sex by berating her with profanity in a phone conversation, and that when she filed a complaint the Department retaliated against her in various ways, all in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights

This appeal arises out of a Title VII and contempt action filed by Judith Ann Parks against the Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES). Parks' individual action was originally part of a larger Title VII class action suit alleging sex discrimination against AAFES. In resolving the class action, the district court determined that AAFES' policies had a disparate impact on a class of female employe

Ralph Nawrot sued his former employer, CPC International ("Bestfoods"), claiming that Bestfoods failed to accommodate reasonably his disability and discriminated against him because of his disability during his employment, and that his discharge was the product of age and disability discrimination and retaliation for seeking accommodation. In granting summary judgment to Bestfoods, the

Plaintiff-appellant B.K.B. raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether appellant sufficiently exhausted administrative reme-dies on her statutory employment discrimination claims and (2) whether the trial court abused its discretion in failing to grant a mistrial where serious violations of Rule 412 of the Federal Rules of Evidence occurred. The Maui Police Department ("the Department") and the

Plaintiff, Robert Little, appeals from the district court's order granting summary judgment to Defendants, BP Exploration & Oil Co. ("BP") and Richard Bruzina, on his Title VII retaliation claim. Plaintiff's primary contentions on appeal are that the district court erroneously concluded that (1) he had not presented sufficient evidence to establish a causal connection between the filing of his pre

Following a jury trial, Roadway Express, Inc. ("Roadway") was found to have retaliated against an employee, Roy Roberts, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17, after Roberts complained of racial harassment in the workplace. In addition, the district court granted plaintiff costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. Appellant makes

Plaintiff Janice Nash, appearing pro se, appeals the district court's dismissal of her complaint alleging that her employer, the defendant University of Kansas Medical Center (UKMC), discriminated against her on the basis of her race in violation of 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e through 2000e-17 (Title VII), unlawfully retaliated against her in violation of Title VII, and constructively discharged her. The d

Patricia Baty brought a Title VII action against her former employer, Willamette Industries, Inc., alleging hostile work environment sexual harassment, quid pro quo sexual harassment, retaliatory discharge, and various state law claims. Her hostile work environment and retaliation claims were tried to a jury, which awarded her a total of $145,000 in compensatory damages, $1 million in punitive dam

United Airlines, Inc. ("United") interviewed and rejected Ms. Bullington for the position of line pilot/flight officer on three separate occasions. Ms. Bullington brought this action pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 - 634, claiming United refused to hire her because of her gende

Sheila Paumer, then 20 years of age, was employed as an unskilled employee by Crown Cork and Seal ("Crown Cork") on April 26, 1982 in its plant in Worland, Wyoming. Crown Cork is a Pennsylvania corporation with a can manufacturing plant in Worland. It has a master contract with the United Steel Workers of America, and a local contract with Local Union No. 8810. In 1992, Paumer's job as a printer o

Michael P. Moore appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of his former employer, Defendant-Appellee California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory ("JPL"), regarding Moore's retaliation claims against JPL under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(h), and the Major Fraud Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1031(h). Moore, who specialized in large antenna mechan-ics, tol

Chaos reigned in the pupil transportation system of the Indianapolis public schools as the 1993-94 school year opened: children were left standing on the streets, some buses arrived hours late, and some children were delivered to the wrong places. In time, the failure caused heads to roll. Linda Patton and Sandra Branch were among those who felt the consequences: both were demoted from

Appellant Rosalie Gunnell ("Gunnell") filed suit against her former employer, Utah Valley State College ("UVSC"), claiming that she was subjected to sexual harassment and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and that she was denied a medical leave of absence in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLA"). The district court granted summary judgme

This appeal is the aftermath of a jury verdict that awarded plaintiff-appellee Celia Zimmerman $200,000 in compensatory damages and $400,000 in punitive damages on her claim for retaliation and an additional $130,000 in compensatory damages on her claim for tortious interference with advantageous relations.(1) Resolving the appeal requires us to realign the standard of review applicable to appeals

Following a jury trial on a claim of employment discrimination because of retaliation, in which the jury awarded plaintiff $275,000 in damages, defendant, the City of Meriden (the "City"), moves pursuant to Rule 50 for judgment as a matter of law or, alternatively, pursuant to Rule 59 for a new trial. In order to reach the issue of damages, the jury had to first answer four special interroga

The plaintiff brought multiple claims against her former employer, Gavco Plastics, Inc. and its CEO and President, arising from the termination of Plaintiff's employment by Gavco. Plaintiff asserted claims for gender discrimination and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Oklahoma Anti-Discrimina

Chris Ann Evans ("Evans") was employed in the accounting department of Cream O'Weber Dairy, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dean Foods Company, in Salt Lake City, Utah, from December 11, 1991, until she was discharged on November 14, 1996. On or about April 30, 1997, a Charge of Discrimination, signed by Evans, was docketed with the Utah Anti-Discrimination Division. On December 16, 1997, Evans

Janice Gawley sued her employer for sexual harassment, hostile work environment, retaliation, and the Indiana tort of spoliation of evidence. The district court first denied summary judgment, then changed course after the Supreme Court issued two key decisions, and granted summary judgment in favor of the employer.

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We credit Gawley's version of the facts and draw all reasonab

Jacalyn Thornton, a former part-time reporter for The Fresno Bee (an unincorporated division of McClatchy Newspapers, Inc. ("McClatchy")), appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of McClatchy on Thornton's claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act ("FEHA"). Thornton alleges that McClatchy failed to acco

Sheila Rheineck appeals from the district court’s2 grant of summary judgment in favor of her former employer Hutchinson Technology, Inc. (Hutchinson), a manufacturer of computer disk drive components, on her sexual harassment claims.

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On Sunday, May 31, 1998, another supervisor, Mark Buchli, confiscated a picture from one of Hutchinson’s employees. The image consisted of a

Diane Sedlacek, a nondisabled person, claims that she was wrongfully discharged from her position as a member of a husband-wife apartment management team because of her association with her disabled husband. The federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42 U.S.C. sec.sec. 12101-12213 (1994), prohibits employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against able-bodied pe

Kenneth Palmer appeals the magistrate judge's denial of his motion to stay proceedings under the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, 50 U.S.C. § 521 ("the Act") and grant of defendant City of Palm Bay, Florida's ("City") motion for summary judgment. (1) We AFFIRM the district court.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1998, Palmer and co-plaintiff, Ronald Comer, filed an action against the City

In September of 1998, Ronald Majewski was fired from his job as a computer operator. Majewski brought suit against his former employer, Automated Data Processing, Inc. (ADP), alleging that his discharge improperly interfered with his retirement benefits, constituted age discrimination, and amounted to unlawful retaliation. After ADP moved for summary judgment, Majewski requested an extension of th