¶1 In 2009 Claimant, Kathleya Camp, filed an action against Employer, Curwood Inc., alleging cumulative injury to her arms, shoulders and neck as a result of many repetitive actions in building boxes and operating machines in her employment with Curwood. She began experiencing pain in her hands sometime in 2006 or 2007 which continued to worsen throughout 2007. When a supervisor inquired of Claim

Plaintiffs brought this civil rights action against the city of Loveland, Colorado (City) and various City employees, alleging a plethora of constitutional violations involving the defendants’ alleged imposition of deliberate delays and unreasonable requirements for plaintiffs’ building permit; solicitation of illegal and extortionate fees for the permit; selective prosecution for building wit

Plaintiff-Appellant Eugene S. appeals from the district court’s denial of his motion to strike and entry of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (“Horizon BCBSNJ” or “Horizon”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Background

Eugene S. sought coverage for his son A.S.’s residential treatment c

Plaintiff, Daniel Scott Thomas, appeals as of right the grant of summary disposition in favor of his former employer, defendant, Livernois Vehicle Development, L.L.C. (hereinafter “LVD”), on Thomas’s claim of retaliatory discharge. We affirm.

Thomas asserts that he was discharged in violation of the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act (“ELCRA”), MCL 37.2101 et seq., after he provided a

¶ 1 On April 20, 2004, respondent Cheryl Lockard filed a charge with the Illinois Department
of Human Rights (Department) of sexual harassment and retaliatory discharge against Keith
Jones and First Baptist Church, respectively (petitioners). Lockard’s charge alleged that
Jones sexually harassed her between August 2000 and April 7, 2004, by inter alia, making
sexually suggestive

¶ 1 Plaintiff, Korey Currie, is appealing the decision of the circuit court which granted
defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint based on res judicata. The trial court
found that the claims were precluded by the federal class action decree in Barnes v. Canadian
National Railroad, No. 04-1249, Final Approval Order (N.D. Ill. Jan. 7, 2010) (Barnes class
action).

This appeal arises out of an action brought by the plaintiff, Jermaine D. Deas, to recover damages against Enrique C. Diaz, Valdermar Hernandez and the defendant Transportation General, Inc., doing business as Metro Taxi,1 in connection with an automobile accident.

See Deas v. Diaz, 121 Conn. App. 826, 828–29, 998 A.2d 200, cert. denied, 298 Conn. 905, 3 A.3d 69 (2010).2 The defendant app

California‟s Military and Veterans Code section 3941 prohibits employers from discriminating against members of the armed forces. In this case of first impression, we are asked to decide whether plaintiffs may hold supervisors personally liable for discrimination under section 394. We conclude that, like the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (the FEHA) (Gov. Code, § 12900 et seq.), ano

Fuming Wu appeals the trial court’s order granting appellees’ plea to the jurisdiction and dismissing his Whistleblower Act suit with prejudice. We hold that appellant has not pled a cause of action for which the state’s immunity from suit has been waived, and we affirm the trial court’s judgment. 04-11-00180-CV

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Fuming Wu was an assistant pro

Krysten Overly sued her employer Key Investment Services LLC, its parent company and several of its affiliates (collectively “KeyBank”) in Indiana state court for allegedly discriminating based on her gender and retaliating against her because of her complaints of gender discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. KeyBank removed the case to federal court and late

Lisa Makowski, an employee of SmithAmundsen, LLC (“SmithAmundsen”), took leave under the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) beginning just before the birth of her child and continuing after the birth. While Makowski was on leave, her supervisors informed her that her position was eliminated as part of an organizational restructuring and terminated her employment.

Makowski filed suit

Plaintiff Michael Milligan, a state prisoner, appeals from the district court’s sua sponte dismissal of his § 1983 complaint against various Colorado prison officials who were allegedly involved in decisions affecting Plaintiff’s prison employment. Plaintiff alleges he worked for the prison’s maintenance department plumbing crew for approximately seventeen months without incident. In Septem

In this interlocutory appeal, appellant Dallas County, Texas, asserts a single issue challenging the trial court's denial of its plea to the jurisdiction in a suit brought by appellee Roy Logan pursuant to the Texas Whistleblower Act. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. §§ 554.001-.010 (West 2004). For the reasons below, we affirm the trial court's order.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

We are asked to decide, among other things, whether an alien not lawfully in the United States may sue for monetary damages claiming constitutionally invalid detention.

I

Mohammad, Mostafa (“Michael”), Mohsen, and Mojtaba Mirmehdi (collectively the “Mirmehdis”) are four citizens of Iran who came to the United States at various times, purportedly due to their long-standing opp

¶ 1 Appellant-plaintiff, Andre Harrison, appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment on behalf of appellees-defendants, Michael Addington, James Olson, Roy DeVault, Sherri Martin, Jeff Chisholm, Steven Brockway, Mark Digney and Metroe Hornbuckle. ¶ 2 Counts II and IV of the third amended complaint allege that Olson and DeVault defamed appellant by repeating the false statements that ap

¶ 1 Plaintiff, Curtis W. Brame, a lieutenant of the North Chicago police department, brought a complaint under section 15(b) of the Whistleblower Act (Act) (740 ILCS 174/15(b) (West 2010)) against defendants, the City of North Chicago (City); the mayor of the City, Leon Rockingham, Jr.; and the chief of police, Michael Newsome, alleging that the chief retaliated against him for disclosing informa

This action is primarily an employment related claim in which plaintiffs allege that they were retaliated against by the defendant, that their employment/medical privileges were terminated or restricted, and that they were tortiously injured by the defendant because of their whistleblowing actions in reporting what they believed to be repeated, significant violations of applicable professional res

Milwaukee County Deputy Sheriff David Hutchins brought an action for comments made by Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke regarding Hutchins’ disciplinary history with the sheriff’s department. The district court granted the plaintiffs’ motions for summary judgment, finding that Sheriff Clarke violated (1) Wisconsin’s Open Records Law, Wis. Stat. §§ 19.31-19.39; (2) Wisconsin’s Right

In this diversity action, Defendant United Parcel Service, Inc. (“UPS”) appeals following a jury verdict awarding Plaintiff Keith Jones (“Jones”) over $2.5 million in actual and punitive damages based on UPS’s retaliatory discharge in violation of Kansas common law. See Gonzalez-Centeno v. N. Cent. Kan. Reg’l Juvenile Det. Facility, 101 P.3d 1170, 1173 (Kan. 2004) (describing common la

Mersaides McCauley was shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend Glenford Martinez as she left the parking lot of her church in Chicago. Martinez then turned the gun on himself. At the time of the murdersuicide, Martinez was on parole for an earlier homicide and had a history of harassing and assaulting McCauley in violation of his parole and a court order of protection issued on her behalf. Chicago law

Bringing suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and anti-discrimination statutes, Louanne Cypert alleged defendants’ failure to renew her employment contracts with the Prue, Oklahoma, public school district (the District) violated her First and Fourteenth Amendment rights and was due to gender and age discrimination. She appeals from a summary judgment rejecting her claims, in which the district court det

The American Medical Association was not immune to the downturn in the economy. Budget cuts mandated that some employees lose their jobs, including at least one in the department where William Shaffer worked. Fortunately for him, or so it seemed, his supervisor was leaning toward letting another person go. But soon after Shaffer requested leave in light of upcoming surgery, that changed. His super

Bruce Barton was employed in the sales-training department at Zimmer, Inc., an Indianabased manufacturer of orthopedic devices. In May 2004 Zimmer assigned Andy Richardson to supervise the department. During the course of the next year, Richardson removed many of Barton’s primary job duties because he thought Barton, age 57, was too old. Barton lodged an age-discrimination complaint with Richard

Amy Negron sued Ulster County, Paul J. VanBarcum, Richard Bockelmann on a sexual harassment hostile work place environment theory claiming that a corporal at the Ulster County Jail cornered her, grabbeder genitals and made sexual comments in December 2005.

Plaintiff claimed that the hostile work environment extended over several years and included retaliation.

Christopher Watkin

Frances Ramirez Leyva appeals from the trial court’s order granting Crystal City’s plea to the jurisdiction and dismissing her suit under the Texas Whistleblower Act. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. §§ 554.001-.010 (West 2004). We reverse the court’s order and remand to the trial court for further proceedings.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Frances Leyva was employed by Crystal